A few months ago Phototechnique or 35mm Photo ( one of those magazines) listed their version of the top 25 cameras of all time. Included in the 25 was the Pentax Spotmatic. Why you may ask did they include it. Because, they said, it was the life support system for those marvelous Super Takumar lenses of the 60's and early 70's that could stand up to the best Germany had to offer.
DG At 10:14 PM 10/21/01 -0700, you wrote: >It seems I must make amends for my blasphemous statements bout the MX. >I believe that SMC is amongst the best there is. > >A few months ago there was some discussion about lens flare on the Leica >list, and, if I recall the series of events correctly, someone commented >on the remarkable resistance to flare that a particular Leica lens had, >and exemplified the statement with a photo. "Feh!" I said to myself, >"SMC lenses can do better than that." Soon after Rob Studdert posted a >shot taken with an A15/3.5. It was a photo of a winter scene, lots of >snow, shot directly into the sun. Flare? What flare ... not another >word was heard from the Leicaphiles on the subject. > >The MX might not be one of Pentax's best bodies, but it holds lenses >with great coatings. > >"Juan J. Buhler" wrote: > > > MX bashing in pentax-discuss? What's next, > > SMC isn't that good against flare after all? > >-- >Shel Belinkoff >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
