I wanted a Spotmatic in the early '70s but couldn't afford one. I bought a used Mamiya 1000 DT and two lenses -- a Mamiya/ Sekor 55/1.8 and a Vivitar 200/3.5 for $100 from a guy who "repossessed" cars. Made a lot of money with that kit shooting for Super Stock and Drag Illustrated Magazine. When the Mamiya died I bought a Fuji 801 because the Spotmatic had been discontinued. I eventually bought a used Pentax H3v, then numerous Spotmatics and finally the K- mount cameras. Pentax has served me well. I'm a loyal dog.
Paul via phone > On Apr 13, 2017, at 6:23 PM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 04:07:56PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote: >> Same experience here. >> Got my first Pentax, an Asahi spotmatic in 1969 after using a friend's >> spotmatic for a few races. >> I've only owned Pentax slrs ever since and except for a motor rewind issue >> with a PZ1, I've had no issues. >> The PZ1 was my most heavily used camera - I pushed thousands of 36 exposure >> rolls thru it in the years I used it. >> I've had an ES, MZ-S, PZ1, PZ1P, MX, ist*D, K10D, K20D and K3. >> >> I have most of the lenses I want and don't see a need for larger file sizes. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > That's just about where I'm at. Since 1972 I've used (and mostly still own) > an SP II, MX, ME, Super Program, PZ1p, a backup MX, MZ-S, *istD, K10D, and K5. > > My lifetime average is almost certainly less than one roll a week, so I think > most of the equipment I have will outlast me. Nearly all my lenses are > KA-mount > or later, so work just fine on the PZ1p or any of the digital bodies (and with > the MZ-S, subject to the limitation that lenses without an aperture ring can't > be used in Aperture Priority or Manual modes). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
