Pentax Super A, SMC Pentax-A 135mm f/2.8 lens at f/2.8, Kodak Ektar 100 film.



Minnie par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Best wishes, Kris.

If I didn't already have these lenses I'd snap them up at these prices. I'm almost tempted even though I do have them!

I'll vouch for the M20. It is a lovely lens, especially on film. K.

I cannot shoot portraits worth a damn so I'm not going to comment apart from to say they are better than I could manage in a month of Sundays. I really like the dog but I'd crop the empty space off the top. Something like a 5x4 crop.

K.

Whew... I'm glad someone bought that before I succombed to temptation!

Good luck with the other sales. BTW I highly recommend the M20, especially on film. K.

Hi Andrew. The 'silver' MX I've had a while but it developed a fault which was luckily just needing some lubrication. The black MX I got as part of a large job lot a while back but I had never used it because it was in need of a service. The bumper foam was hanging off and the light seals were just goo. I'm very pleased to have the two MXs now as I can have colour film in one and BW in the other. I've never used an original Spottie so that is a treat to come. Apparently it is one of the early models. I think I bought the Super A probably five or six years ago but again never used it as it needed a service although cosmetically looked great. Eric has done a superb job with them!

Best wishes, Kris.

Last January when I was last in the US I sent four cameras, two motordrives and a dial data back to Eric Hendrickson for some TLC. They arrived back at a friend's in Ohio in February and have been waiting for my next trip to the US to collect them. I was finally reunited with them last week. Here is a smap shot of of them taken in my hotel room with some lenses I had with me (Super A with a A50/1.4, black MX with an M40/2.8 pancake, silver MX with a K28/3.5 shift and a early black Spotmatic with a Super Takumar 55mm f/2). The rest of the unboxing sequence is on my ipernity account for those that like that sort of thing. I have already put two rolls of Ektar 100 through the Super A and have some APX100 in the black MX.



Unboxing (9) par Kris Lockyear, on ipernity

Cheers, Kris.

Bump for a brand new bag with tags...

I rather like it, cliche or not, but I'd crop the bottom off and go for a 5x4 proportion.

K.

Thanks all, I've taken Aero up on his kind offer. Best wishes, Kris.