> I finally gave in to the legend of the screw mount, I bought a Spotmatic > II on eBay, BIN for $95. I don't know how close to a good deal that was,
Greg, Congratulations! I'd say you got a great deal, since you got a camera that would have to sell for six or eight hundred dollars IF you could buy one as good today. <s> Consider having it CLA'd. It will cost more than the camera did but it's worth it. > Funny thing is that except for the whole screw mount versus K mount thing, > the Spotmatic II seems like a better camera than the K1000 Well, except that the Spotmatic's meter is relatively useless. They're often nonlinear and they have a highly annoying habit--they stop working in low light but they keep registering readings--which means you never have a clear sign from the camera that the light is too low for accurate metering. I've heard that the meter from a K1000 can be put into a Spotmatic, but I have no idea if that's true. If it is, I'm sorry I never heard of it when I still had a bunch of Spotmatics (now I only have my ES II). What lens did you get with it? --Mike
