In a message dated 1/22/01 10:05:56 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<<
I bought my Spotmatics because I required through the lens metering for
certain applications like telephoto work, macro and micro. For the rest the
S1a works just fine. >>
Thanks for the info Conrad.
Tiger Moses (and Mike, too) wrote:
> I have always heard the SP500 had a click past 500 onthe dial and it was 1/1000,
> it was easier to label as a lesser camera to make it cheaper, than to
> actually make
> a crippled shutter...can you verify?
I keep hearing this...and I keep forgetting to ch
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From: "Tiger Moses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: most serviceable (practical) screw mount camera
> At 10:41 PM 1/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've got an SP5
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Mike Johnston wrote:
> Aaron,
> Not so, actually. The SP500 actually does have the 1/1000th shutter
> speed--it's just not marked. It's the blank clickstop on the shutter speed
> dial past 1/500th.
...with the caveat that it's an untested shutter speed, and so may not be
as
It is true, that the difference between the SP500 and 1000 is the "lack" of
a 1/1000th shutter speed on the 500. However, although the shutter speed
dial is only marked up to 1/500, there is a detente past the 1/500 speed,
where the 1/1000 speed should be, and the shutter does fire at that "phant
At 10:41 PM 1/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I've got an SP500 and an SP1000 that have performed admirably for me for
>ages. The big difference is that the 500's top shutter speed it 1/500
>and the 1000's is, you guessed it, 1/1000.
I have always heard the SP500 had a click past 500 onthe dial and
In a message dated 1/21/01 7:45:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< I've got an SP500 and an SP1000 that have performed admirably for me for
ages. >>
"Your assignment Aaron, if you choose to accept it, is to find the best
screw-mount site and expose it to the list. That
]Actually it was the last, co-existing with the
earliest K mounts for a year or two. (Aside from the
lens mount it lived on for a very long time in the
K1000 based on it's size weight and meter
specification).
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 1/21/01 6:38:23 PM Pacific
> Stand
In a message dated 1/21/01 6:38:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Start with the newer ones and work your way back, just becuase of age so
start with an Spotmatic F, >>
Somehow, I had imagined the "F" body as the earliest of the breed.
Mafud
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Start with the newer ones and work your way back, just becuase of age
so start with an Spotmatic F, then like the SP1000 & SPII then the Spotmatic
and SP500
the Chinon screw mounts are also standard cameras!
At 09:17 AM 1/21/2001 EST, you wrote:
>I've thought about buying a PENTAX screw-mount bo
In a message dated 1/21/01 2:24:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< think the use of body caps is a plus with any camera. It's just a good
habit to keep everything covered. But it's particularly true with the
Spotmatic F where light entering the body will turn the meter
In a message dated 1/21/01 2:17:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< My Spotmatic has a switch on the left side of the lens
mount and my Fujica has the usual 1/2 shutter release with a shutter lock.
>>
Something *else* to look for. These lessons are priceless primers fo
Hi Mafud,
I think the use of body caps is a plus with any camera. It's just a good
habit to keep everything covered. But it's particularly true with the
Spotmatic F where light entering the body will turn the meter on.
Paul
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/21/01 10:05:04 AM Paci
I can see how the Spotmatic F meter might be a problem for some folks.
However, I store all my camera bodies without a lens, in a case, with a
body cap in place. It's a discipline I adopted years ago, to prevent my
shooting something with the lens that happens to be on the camera. It
forces a choi
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've thought about buying a PENTAX screw-mount body w/automatic aperture.
>
> Which is the best, better? Worst?
> (OK, let's not do the "This is my favorite" body) but the consensus "good",
> "better", best" bodies under $100?
The Spotmatic F is
Mafud,
I was afraid you were gonna ask that! :-)
Don't remember the serial number ranges but maybe someone on the list will
have that information.
Of course, you may find an early serial number body that was modified & is
just fine.
If I were shopping for one & actually had my hands on it, I'd j
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