Spotmatic SP500 - first shots!

540 posts
17 years

Posted 01/06/2011 - 14:23 Link

I saw a SP500 and 55mm Takumar in the window of LCE last month and couldn't resist. It needed some new light seals, and took a bit of messing to get a suitable battery for the meter. However, as it's a bridged circuit, there was no problem with the voltage requirements endemic with old cameras that needed mercury cells.

I got my first roll back from it and scanned it over the weekend. I like it, a lot. The lens is fantastic - it has real character. Why can't modern kit lenses be like this? Film is Fuji Superia 200

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Smeggypants Smeggypants

7671 posts
17 years
Smegland

Posted 01/06/2011 - 17:35 Link

Love the last shot!!

[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283

Cuchulainn Cuchulainn

540 posts
17 years

Posted 01/06/2011 - 17:38 Link

It was the first pic I scanned from that roll and thought I had the white balance wrong initially! We can get some nice skies in Cheltenham..