Getting pretty hard to find with meters accurate across entire EV range but supposedly K1000 cells can be used to restore/repair , not sure though. jco
-----Original Message----- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 question Again me Shel are there any known faults with the Spotmatic F I should know of or can I trust my eyes when I see one and it looks good on first sight and when the usual things like shutter release work ...? I mean, does one find them in good condition on the second hand market or would I have to CLA it anyway? greetings and thanks Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:54 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: RE: SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 question >> >> >>The Spotmatic F would be my choice. I believe they both came out >>about the same time, one designed for the other. The F has a built in >>meter, although >>I think the meter in the ES2 is more sophisticated. However, the camera, >>as I understand it, is a bit more troublesome and more difficult >>to repair. >>Go for the whole experience - get a Spottie F - look for one in black. >>Find a thin, leather Spotmatic strap (I think Juan and I may have cornered >>the market on those <LOL>) and the older style triangular shape strap >>attachments. Oh, yeah, try to find an original lens hood as well. Shoot >>with a legend, live the legend. >> >>BTW, I sold my lens, with original caps and hood, for, I believe, >>$450.00. >> >>Shel >> >> >>> [Original Message] >>> From: Markus Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: 9/26/2005 6:45:22 PM >>> Subject: RE: SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 question >>> >>> Hi Shel >>> this was a good reading for me, thanks. >>> If you had to choose a Spotmatic type to match that lens, which >>one would >>> you prefer and why? >>> I think the owner used it with a ES 2, I would like to have a build >>> in meter, I understand that you care less for that feature... >>> >>> Markus >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-----Original Message----- >>> >>From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:20 AM >>> >>To: [email protected] >>> >>Subject: Re: SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 question >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>Hi Markus ... >>> >> >>> >>Way back in the old days, when the SMCT 85/1.8 first arrived on >>> >>the >>scene. >>> >>every photog I then knew, regardless of what they were shooting, >>> >>and everyone in the camera shops here, were buzzing with >>enthusiasm for that >>> >>lens. It was, if I may use the term, an instant legend. I >>> >>couldn't afford one then, but there were ample opportunities to >>> >>use a sample >>or two (it >>> >>paid to have friends at the camera shops), and I just loved it. >>> >>It's still a very desirable optic, even though in some ways time >>> >>has passed it by with >>> >>fancier features. But the pics it takes should be just as good >>> >>as ever. I >>> >>loved mine, especially when used on a nicely brassed, black >>Spotmatic F. >>> >> >>> >>Fast forward to the present: I still love the Pentax 85mm >>lenses. Just >>> >>yesterday I did an informal test comparing the 77mm Ltd to >>the K85/1.8. >>I >>> >>had to look long and hard to find any appreciable difference >>> >>between >>them >>> >>under the circumstances of the comparison. >>> >> >>> >>I'm sure you'll enjoy your lens. You'll have not only a great >>> >>lens, >>but a >>> >>small piece of Pentax history and legend. >>> >> >>> >>Shel >>> >> >>> >> >> >>
