[Leica] Re: Spotmatic

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

I still have (access) to my Spotmatics, one chrome and one black
paint. My brother has them.

I took out Rebecca's (my daughter's) Pentax istDL last week with
28/2.8 AF Pentax lens on it.

Very, very comfortable SLR. It is the only SLR I could really consider
carrying around instead of an M-body. I agree Nick.

The quality of Pentax lenses have always been top notch too. I am
really happy to see them still around on the market.

Daniel

On 3/8/07, Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> The Spotties are very tactile - I love using them. They win on the sound, 
> too. I would rather have one Spotmatic - any one - than a battery of Fs. I 
> also like the later MX - for me, the closest SLR to an M in terms of size 
> and usability.
>
> Nick
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu>
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March, 2007 8:21:18 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Spotmatic
>
>
> Thu, 8 Mar 2007  "Philip Forrest" wrote:
>
> >Aside from the M series Leicas, I really do think that the Spotmatics are
> >>perhaps the finest cameras to ever come out of that era.  The fit,
> >finish, >controls and lenses are top shelf.  That winder on the Spotmatic
> >feels
> >like the buttery clutch wind of the M3.  One of my favorite cameras and
> >one of the most overlooked great cameras.
>
> >I've always wanted one in black paint...
> ...............................................................................
> I agree they were wonderful.  Here's a black one:
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/Spotmatic_AMR.jpg.htm
> l>
>
> I always thought the physical design of the Spotmatics and Takumar lenses
> was great - the focus ring knurling and the marvelous feel to the half
> click stops on the aperture, and the way a shroud covered all the numbers
> on the lens barrel except for the cutout window on the top.  Elegant. And
> then there's the little touch of the red window to indicate that the
> shutter was cocked.  As I understand it, with the Pentax line in the early
> sixties, Honeywell was responsible for a trend toward more legible markings
> on cameras and lenses.
>
> My Super-Takumars were as sharp as I could want.  I only gave up using
> Pentax because I needed to be able to change lenses faster (this was before
> the K mount came out).
>
> Alan
>
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak
> Senior Photographer
> Photo Services
> Univ. of Wis.- Milwaukee
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