Nice story Juan, and the ME range were (still are!) great film cameras. I bought two of the original ME's when they came out, one of which was later stolen in a burglary here in Australia, some 20 years afterwards. I still have the other, although the meter is no longer reliable, so I only use it with flash. My own experience of recreating my first Pentax was to find an "as new" SV in a camera store in Adelaide, for which I paid A$250 - but what a gem! Still in perfect working order, and it came with the second version clip-on meter from the 1960's, all of which means whenever I feel like it I can go full retro. I'm sure you will enjoy that experience too!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Juan Buhler Sent: Monday, 14 September 2020 4:07 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Subject: My new Pentax My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion of silver vs black ones seems to be. I don't have that camera anymore, and while I still have my two black MXs, I've always missed it a little. Last week, browsing ebay, I saw a black ME super. Described as "untested", and with the brassing in the bottom plate described as "rust." $30 buy it now, but accepting offers. I offered $25 and got it. Still a gamble, I thought most probably I was buying a $25 paperweight. Well, it arrived yesterday, and after exercising the shutter a little bit and putting some new batteries in, it all works! It was awesome to see those little LEDs come to life as soon as the batteries went in. So while I've moved to a Fuji X-T30 for my main photography (this is the closest you can get in digital to the feel of an MX, btw!), today I am going out with the ME-Super and a roll of Fujicolor 200. Plus the MX-1 just to shoot some DNGs as well and keep it Pentax. Just look at this beauty: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dgkvs93HrFCpjkNP7 j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com <http://www.jbuhler.com> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
