steve_10170 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>A friend knew how much I enjoyed the Spotmatic F and showed up with this black model as a gift. Then my brother brought back the Pentax 67 from Tokyo - he hauled it all around the pacific rim with a 200mm lens to bring it back to me! I finally caved in on getting the 85mm 1.9 for the Spotmatic last week. Needless to say with temps of -11 around here lately, I have cabin fever, so please excuse the indulgence. But I can't think of a group I would rather share this fun collection with than CMC forum. Hope all is well in 2014 for all. Please enjoy a couple great cameras received from a couple of special people. Cheers.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_fox Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>Nice! Before I was a Canon shooter, I was a Pentax shooter. :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodys Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 <p>I'm pretty sure I could put together a photo to rival this... Starting with my recently-restored H3v and Sv, through multiple Spotmatics (and an SP500), then with the ME, MV, MEF and Program Plus...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>Before I was a Canon shooter, I was a Nikon shooter, and before that I was a Pentax shooter.</p> <p>Still think the basic H/S-series to Spotmatics are among the most handsome SLRs ever designed.</p> <p>Here is one of my two (2) Asahi H2. Maybe from the two I can get one (1) working. The lens is semi-automatic, but not the original variant I had on my Heiland H2.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>Great collection, <strong>Steve</strong>. In the Spotmatic era I was a Pentax shooter, but fell from grace into the Canon camp. However, I redeemed myself by using the Pentax 67 system as mainstay medium format cameras for many years, a situation which persists to this day. And all the best to <em>you</em> in 2014!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie_strickland Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>Oooooh!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_leonard3 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>Asahi and Honeywell Pentaxes. Screw mount, fine construction, great glass. I poured over catalogs for hours savoring everything. I used a Honeywell Pentax when I was working as a photog for a major state university in the Northwest. Think coffee. When I photographed the Dodgers in El Lay in the 1960s for a major photo news service we used mostly Nikon F's but had a fabulous Takumar 500mm f 4 lens.<br> These cameras are never-die classics.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveysteeves Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 <p>Steve and Les, those are beautiful collections. And they are bad for my financial well-being.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_lockerbie Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 <p>Well, I'm a Pentax tragic so this image makes me all warm and fuzzy...great stuff!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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