Hey, you hit the nail square on the head Mike!!
You missed a few, though:
1. Notice that the meter is pooched,
2. Find a decent repair shop that can scrounge a meter from a dead Spottie, or
knows how to modify a K1000 meter to fit.
3. Curse Pentax for making meters that "only" last 25 or 30 years!
4. Discover that your mercury cell went dead after "only" 10 years.
5 Scour camera shops that still carry them, and buy up their last 6 or 10, so
that you have a lifetime supply (hopefully, unless you accidently leave the
meter switch "on" - or leave the lens cap off if you have an F)
6. Realize that you have one of the best systems ever made, with some of the
best lenses (both optically and mechanically) ever made, that you can still
pick up used for a (relative) song and dance.
7. Be happy!
-frank
Mike Johnston wrote:
> Frank T. pleaded:
>
> > I there a 12-step group for Spotmatic owners? :-)
>
> Yes. Here are the usual twelve steps:
>
> 1. You acquire, or are given, a Spotmatic casually.
>
> 2. Then you figure, "Hey, I could actually use this old thing." You do, and
> you like it.
>
> 3. So you look into learning a bit about the Spotmatic line.
>
> 4. Next, you discover that M42 screwmount lenses are surprisingly good.
>
> 5. ...And surprisingly cheap.
>
> 6. After some research into the various models, you buy another Spotmatic,
> this time shopping carefully and getting just what you've decided you want.
>
> 7. It's good, too.
>
> 8. You begin haunting online auctions and used equipment ads for the
> Super-Taks and SMC-Taks you want, and buying them in.
>
> 9. The opportunity presents itself, so you acquire a third Spotmatic, just
> in case.
>
> 10. You've bought books. Now you discover Gerjan's wonderful book on Pentax
> screwmount stuff.
>
> 11. You draw up a list of everything that your "ideal collection" of
> Spotmatic equipment would contain.
>
> 12. You spend hours happily looking for the pieces you don't have, and, as
> you photograph, often pause to admire and appreciate your beautiful
> Spotmatic gear, saying to yourself some variation of, "They don't build 'em
> the way they used to."
>
> Have I got the twelve steps about right, you think?
>
> --Mike (who just bought a near-mint 85mm f/1.8 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar
> with lens hood and case)
>
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