DJE, Anytime you talk about nuts, I suppose I qualify. I'm still hunting for m42 SMC stuff but have a stable of ES & ESII's... What you said about having enough to strip for parts, plus they are really nice ways to use the glass. Other Pentax stuff seems to accumulate at my house, some Spotmatics, some earlier cameras including a nice K, pre SMC lenses, some off brand lenses I've got to get rid of.
My latest acquisition, a genuine Pentax tripod - industrial strength and size (6 feet easy). It comes complete with a little step on each leg so you can mount it firmly in the soil. Let me at those landscapes... :-) Regards, Bob S. >>I'm curious how many other M42 nuts we've got on the list. I know J.C. O'Connell >>must have a bunch, and I seem to recall Cesar being in M42-acquisition mode lately. I'm mostly done accumulating Takumar glass, I think. What I don't have I either don't use (135 SMC, 35 SMC), don't want (anything auto-takumar), can't afford/justify (24 SMC, 300 SMC, 85/1.9), or can't find (15, 120, 500). I'm still accumulating Spotmatic SPIIs on the theory that with enough to strip for parts I can keep them going indefinitely. DJE <<
