Hi,
Thanks for all the answers! I really needed your words, every friend of mine told me I was completely stupid... On 18 Dec 2001 at 12:10, Joe Wilensky wrote: > If yours is in really nice > condition, $30 was a great price! Did it come with the clip-on > external meter that couples to the shutter speed dial? I didn't got a meter with it, but I don't need it. This camera is about simplicity for me... It's in mint condition, maybe used only a few times. There are two things about it: - the lens is a bit hard to focus - there's a little "polished" area on the top of the prism housing (maybe because of the meter you mentioned?) > These cameras were _very_ quiet for their time, compared to the > competition, It's also quiet compared to my LX... > The Auto-Takumar your S3 > came with is probably the one with the completely automatic diaphragm > (in fact a Super-Takumar), with the A/M switch that allows it to open > back up to full aperture immediately after the exposure. Yes, it is. > The 55/1.8, an exceptionally > sharp and wonderful standard lens, We'll see in a few days... > Enjoy your S3 -- the clean, unobstructed viewfinder (without even a > meter needle to distract) offers a spartan, and yet purer, kind of > vision to some photographers. Like me... ;-) BTW, the finder is surprisingly bright for a 40 yrears old camera! > You can use it with a handheld meter, or > get the Pentax clip-on, or make it a completely meterless camera, > dedicated for use with the "Sunny 16" rule in mind, or you can use it > for infrared photography, where exposure would be estimated for the > most part, anyway. > Get a lens hood for that 55/1.8 to reduce problems with flare, and > enjoy! These exactly are my plans in mind. ;-) The first roll is in. Action! Thanks again, Gabor - 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 .
