Upgrading from K20D to K5 - is it really worth it?
Posted 24/02/2012 - 10:58
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Actually, they were bayonetted, which is much more lethal.
But Ken is not absolutely correct, in that most M42 bodies were never capable of being used for open-aperture metering anyway. And the adapter was cheap, you only needed one, and the lens did not need to be modified.
But it was a big change, nevertheless.
G
But Ken is not absolutely correct, in that most M42 bodies were never capable of being used for open-aperture metering anyway. And the adapter was cheap, you only needed one, and the lens did not need to be modified.
But it was a big change, nevertheless.
G
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Posted 24/02/2012 - 13:10
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I've only owned Spotmatic Fs so I forgot that earlier bodies didn't have open-aperture metering... hangs head in abject shame...
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 24/02/2012 - 13:36
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gartmore wrote:
I've only owned Spotmatic Fs so I forgot that earlier bodies didn't have open-aperture metering... hangs head in abject shame...
(At the risk of sounding like a Monty Python routine) You were lucky! TTL metering? One of those new fangled things. Some of us remember hand-held light meters and "Sunny 16"!
I've only owned Spotmatic Fs so I forgot that earlier bodies didn't have open-aperture metering... hangs head in abject shame...
Posted 24/02/2012 - 14:11
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(Trying to write in the stlye of correspeondents to The Amateur Photographer's letters page)
Visiting my well-known High Street camera retailer's premises I was confounded to discover one can no longer obtain authentic Spotmatic F batteries anymore. Quite sensibly, I refuse to use modern Ersatz substitutes that aren't mentioned in my well-thumbed instruction manual and find myself relying, with some success, on the instuctions Messrs. Kodak considerately include with their well-tried films.
Visiting my well-known High Street camera retailer's premises I was confounded to discover one can no longer obtain authentic Spotmatic F batteries anymore. Quite sensibly, I refuse to use modern Ersatz substitutes that aren't mentioned in my well-thumbed instruction manual and find myself relying, with some success, on the instuctions Messrs. Kodak considerately include with their well-tried films.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 24/02/2012 - 14:14
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greynolds999 wrote:
And I thought you were youger than me, I;ve just worn badly it seems!
gartmore wrote:
I've only owned Spotmatic Fs so I forgot that earlier bodies didn't have open-aperture metering... hangs head in abject shame...
(At the risk of sounding like a Monty Python routine) You were lucky! TTL metering? One of those new fangled things. Some of us remember hand-held light meters and "Sunny 16"!I've only owned Spotmatic Fs so I forgot that earlier bodies didn't have open-aperture metering... hangs head in abject shame...
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 24/02/2012 - 14:16
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gartmore wrote:
(Trying to write in the stlye of correspeondents to The Amateur Photographer's letters page)
Visiting my well-known High Street camera retailer's premises I was confounded to discover one can no longer obtain authentic Spotmatic F batteries anymore. Quite sensibly, I refuse to use modern Ersatz substitutes that aren't mentioned in my well-thumbed instruction manual and find myself relying, with some success, on the instuctions Messrs. Kodak considerately include with their well-tried films.
An Exposure Calculator! You had it easy!(Trying to write in the stlye of correspeondents to The Amateur Photographer's letters page)
Visiting my well-known High Street camera retailer's premises I was confounded to discover one can no longer obtain authentic Spotmatic F batteries anymore. Quite sensibly, I refuse to use modern Ersatz substitutes that aren't mentioned in my well-thumbed instruction manual and find myself relying, with some success, on the instuctions Messrs. Kodak considerately include with their well-tried films.
My first camera had a switch which changed between 'sunny' and 'cloudy'!
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