What a great find!

I have the Pentax Spotamatic SP11 I just finished reconditioning the camera I had to put new light Seals and a mirror bumper I have the classic Takumar 50mm1.4 radioactive lens , Takumar 35mm 3.5 & the Takumar 135 3.5 all the lenses have the orginal metal hoods

Estas camaras son ecelentes máquinas que entregan bonitos trabajos admirando su acabado en cada fotografía aun mas cuando se cuenta con un juego de lentes 35 y50 mm pequeñas pero admiradas por su calidad de la hechura wue estan presentadas gracias por la información i

@vintagevantics

4 ай бұрын

Muchos gracias!

Nice review. A small correction if I may...the stop down switch doesn't operate the metering. If this were the case then it would be stop down metering. In fact, the meter is always on when the lens cap is off. Also, did you realise that there is a "T" setting? With the shutter speed on B, hold down the shutter release while rotating the collar around it. The shutter will then stay open until the collar lock is released.

@vintagevantics

Ай бұрын

Thanks for that. Doesn’t it depend on the lens I thought? Mine came with the Supertakumar 55mm 1.8 designed for TTL metering but other lenses need to be stopped down? Not sure but thanks for your comment.

@Whywas6scared

Ай бұрын

​@vintagevantics You are correct that open aperture metering is only possible with SMC (super multi coated) lenses like yours. I don't currently have a battery in mine to check, but with other M42 lenses, I believe the meter will still always be on, but will only give an accurate reading when the lens is stopped down. In other words, for a correctly set up camera, the meter needle will be in the "+" region until stopped down.