Tak 55 2.0.   The manual foucs on those old m42's was SO smooth.

Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
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Steve Desjardins wrote:

> In 1972 I was 14.  I worked in a drugstore and saved for quite a
while
> to buy that SP500.  At the time, it was by far the nicest thing that
I
> owned.  I had a little darkroom set up in my basement and went
through a
> LOT of Tri-X.
> 
> The funny part is I got a new battery for it a few years ago so my
> daughter could use it in a photography class.  I shot a roll  of
some
> flowers just to be sure it still worked.  The pictures were
marvelous.
> 
> It's hard to improve on certain designs.

You bet!
I'd venture 90% of one's photography occurs at or below 1/500th of a 
second. Other than that, it's an SP1000...

> Steven Desjardins

What was/is your lens, please?

keith

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