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I have quite a few old cameras - as there seems to be an interest in these at the moment I thought that it would be a enjoyable to start a thread with info etc.
So if you are interested post an image of yours - with some information if possible
Here's my first
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with Super - Takumar 55mm f1.8 lens - M42 thread - the f1.4 lens is the one to have, I think that I have one somewhere!!
(The Pentax film cameras were very very good - the physical size was a lot better, IMHO, than say Nikon)
some images - (the black bit under the front of the lens is just an old battery holding the camera "square" for the image)
(in the next 12 months I am going to try to put a film thru all of mine - this started with my wife telling me to get rid of all those "old camera" that you have and "downsize" - unfortunately it has had the opposite effect and I have started buying "old" lenses)
and a good info article here
photothinking.com
So if you are interested post an image of yours - with some information if possible
Here's my first
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic with Super - Takumar 55mm f1.8 lens - M42 thread - the f1.4 lens is the one to have, I think that I have one somewhere!!
(The Pentax film cameras were very very good - the physical size was a lot better, IMHO, than say Nikon)
some images - (the black bit under the front of the lens is just an old battery holding the camera "square" for the image)
(in the next 12 months I am going to try to put a film thru all of mine - this started with my wife telling me to get rid of all those "old camera" that you have and "downsize" - unfortunately it has had the opposite effect and I have started buying "old" lenses)
![TP_Spotmatic_SP_1.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wenltd.co.uk%2FTP%2FTP_Spotmatic_SP_1.jpg&hash=8157d6afbfeeae3fcdb853b6df965593)
![TP_Spotmatic_SP_2.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wenltd.co.uk%2FTP%2FTP_Spotmatic_SP_2.jpg&hash=bdc66cb5bd02717ca26fcc04555d1929)
![TP_Spotmatic_SP_3.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wenltd.co.uk%2FTP%2FTP_Spotmatic_SP_3.jpg&hash=22343e8e74a5f34274c8a49ab791687d)
and a good info article here
![photothinking.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fwww.photothinking.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2Fpt-PentaxSpotmaticSP-01.jpg%3Ffit%3D1100%252C826%26ssl%3D1&hash=5209fcbbc961e2c9f3b2da690927e9d1&return_error=1)
Pentax Spotmatic SP – pentaX marks the spot, Photo Thinking - Review
The Pentax Spotmatic SP was the camera the Asahi company released to compete in the early SLR market. I used and reviewed it with results.
![photothinking.com](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fphotothinking.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2Fcropped-PT-Logo.png%3Ffit%3D32%252C32%26ssl%3D1&hash=5861b73b89b11751fc64e70e4885064a&return_error=1)
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