[Leica] Re:SF Mime Troupe

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Like the Leicaflex SL, the Pentax prototypes did indeed spot meter, 
hence the name.

Jim


Phong wrote:

> Christopher Williams wrote:
> 
>>Color still hold up nicely. The Spotmatic was my first real SLR. 
>>The 50/1.4
>>SMC is nearly as sharp as the Summilux(ducking now).
> 
> 
> 
> The Pentax Spotmatic (what a name) with the 50 1.4
> was the first real camera I had in the US.   I bought it 
> used, with a broken meter on the street of New York 
> City, while a poor student, (as in NYC on $10 a day poor).  
> I used that for about 10 years, including a 
> 3-month trip across the US.   Before that, it was all
> point-and-shoot for me, going back to my
> days in refugee camps when some kind
> Red Cross volunteers would chip in and bought
> me a cheap point-and-shoot and weekly money
> to have my film developed and printed at the
> local PX.  I worked with the Red Cross and
> IRC (International Rescue Committee) as
> a volunteer translator.   My English was not
> good enough to understand Johnny Carson, but
> good enough to translate names, date of birth, etc.
> 
> I _really_,  _really_  wish I still have 
> those photos.  Oh, it was not about life in a
> refugee camps.  It was all about girls and friends,
> maybe more girls than friends.   Hey, I was a 
> teenager !  Come to think of it, that _was_ life 
> in a refugee camp.   :-)
> 
> By coincidence, my 11-year old son just asked me
> the other day about my first camera.  I was thinking 
> about going into my closet and look for that Spotmatic with a
> broken meter, under the layers of Leica, Hasselblad,
> Nikon and Canon to give it to him.  Thanks for reminding
> me.
> 
> 
> - Phong
> 
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