My Spotmatic was purchased by a buddy in 1968 in Viet Nam for $89.00 USD =
$589 in todays manoply money.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com
Subject: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras
On Sep 25, 2012, at 21:40 , John Francis wrote:
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote:
PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work.
Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should
have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the
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From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com
Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12
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Subject: Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
Steven Desjardins wrote:
OTOH, you can
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au:
Good idea, Brian,
I'd for one would be up for a Day in a life of Spottie, I should
exercise mine more. 2014 does seem a long way away, though. True,
1964 was when the Spot-Matic was first presented. But then Asahiflex
was first released in 1952,
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a
good chunk of change.
Peter
On 25 Sep 2012, at 13:15, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic
Peter Jordan wrote:
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a
good chunk of change.
It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards
just once -
The other thing that struck me when I both this humungous 64GB card was that it
offered 1800 shots in Raw.
My first thought was who on earth would want to take that many shots in a
session, but after my day birding Texas, it does make more sense.
I even managed some Cormorant shots!!
Peter
From: John Francis
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote:
PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work.
Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should
have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the Spotmatic's 50th
Anniversary (assuming you
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Peter Jordan pjp...@btinternet.com wrote:
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
Mark!
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On 9/26/12 7:45 AM, Peter Jordan wrote:
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
You would have fit right in with many other entrants in this last
spring's contest at the GFM Nature Photo Weekend. There were a whole
pile of photos of
On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
From the same source a 1986 LX (body only at UK price but US currency)
would be $8407.99.
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Looks like I could have bought an iPod in 1975 for $46. Damn! Wish I'd
known that then.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
On 26/09/2012 6:03 AM, Postmaster wrote:
It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards
just once - never delete images and when the card is full simply buy a
new one - and still spend less than they would on film/processing for
the same number of shots. Amazing how far
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
mike wilson
On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00
in
today's money.
From the same
On 26/09/2012 20:42, Bob W wrote:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
mike wilson
On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00
in
today's
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
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And in those days you had to provide your own sensor!
stan
On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
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On 9/25/12 8:32 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
And in those days you had to provide your own sensor!
stan
and keep replacing it.
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Stan Halpin wrote:
On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
And in those days you had to provide your own sensor!
And replace it regularly.
Ctein did a similar comparison when the 645D was announced, and the
price was very close when adjusted for inflation.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that
From: Mark Roberts
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
And I'd be making $25.00 an hour.
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Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com:
Stan Halpin wrote:
On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in
today's money.
And in those days you had to
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. A body would also be
good for 10 years.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com:
Stan Halpin wrote:
On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
A
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From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven
Desjardins
Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 7:00 AM
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Subject: Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor
Steven Desjardins wrote:
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor.
Not only *can* you upgrade the sensor, sometimes you're *forced* to.
Whether you want to or not. Even if the upgrade is really *worse*
than it's predecessor (in your opinion, which is really all that
matters). Sometimes
These days your sensor selection is limited, but I plan to put a roll
through my SP500 when it turns 40 in 2014.
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steven Desjardins wrote:
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor.
Not only *can* you upgrade
$2000.00 full-frame cameras...
Steven Desjardins wrote:
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor.
Not only *can* you upgrade the sensor, sometimes you're *forced* to.
Whether you want to or not. Even if the upgrade is really *worse*
than it's predecessor (in your opinion, which is really all
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Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12
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Steven Desjardins wrote:
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor
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From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12
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Subject: Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com:
I've got an MX
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Subject: Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com:
I've got an MX that still works just fine (except the meter is
pooched). I've got an SP500 (stripped down budget Spotmatic) that
still functions perfectly. Two Spotmatics
Mark,
You've made my day!
The $3299.99 I'm spending on a D800E is only $478.43 in 1967 dollars.
What a deal!!!
Tom C.
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote:
PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work.
Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should
have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the Spotmatic's 50th
Anniversary (assuming you can still buy
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