At 20:19 11.2.2001 -, you wrote:
It's interesing how the North [but not as north as Canadians, so maybe
Central, but not as low as Texans] Americans get everything the wrong way
around :-) !
Thanks for the info on Practicas - however - sitting here in Manchester
England it's interesting to
Frantisek wrote:
P.S I should have guessed your location from the domain @btinternet.com,
does it mean (gasp!) British Telecom? Do they still suck ;) ?
They blow too because I can both send and receive email :)
Peter
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Subject: RE: What is the 'best' M42 pre-spotmatic camera?
Prakticas are nice, simple, rugged (somewhat. Shutter is rugged, steel.
Rest of camera is less, although I have had dropped cracked Prakticas
stop metering
On Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:34 PM, Peter Loveday
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I'm looking to get myself a screw-mount camera, and I
find myself rather attracted to the idea of having
one with no meter. I like the idea of going out with
glass, metal and no batteries, with a simple
In case you are interested, I just happen to have an SV in excellent condition.
The only thing wrong with it is the spring that holds the rewind knob has lost
its tension (maybe I should get it active on this list :-) ) Contact me off
list if you are interested. BTW I also have the clip on
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Peter Loveday wrote:
I'm looking to get myself a screw-mount camera, and I find myself
rather attracted to the idea of having one with no meter. I like the
idea of going out with glass, metal and no batteries, with a simple
hand-held meter to get a real feeling for
Peter Loveday writes:
I'm looking to get myself a screw-mount camera, and I
find myself rather attracted to the idea of having
one with no meter
Haven't tried the SL, but I'd go with the SL meterless
spotmatic. The spotmatics are supposed to be of better
construction than their predecessors and
"I guess it just comes down to something appealing about going out with a
mechanical body, hand-held meter, and two or three primes. I realise it
won't allow me to do anything I can't already do with my plethora of K mount
stuff, but I think it will be a fun and rewarding experience."
When I
OK, I have a question, which of these meterless cameras automatically stops
the lens down during exposure via the pin on the back of the lens? Do any
of these still have the stop-down switch (for DOF preview)? I gather the
SL does all of this, as it's the same as the Spotmatic but without a
At 18:37 10.2.2001 -, you wrote:
When I first got into photography in the early 70s I used "Practica" cameras
from East Germany. My first one was an "L2" - 42mm screw mount, no meter,
and completely mechanical 1 to 1/1000 sec shutter and very nice Carl Zeiss
Jena F1.8 50mm and 135mm f3.5. I
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but not as low as Texans
Of course not.
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