Black Pentax H2 gets away. Rats!

[Doug]

Great looking black H2, Kim, and interesting tip on the orange R, which does appear on my SV. Your H2 appears to have the orange R on its rewind knob as well... perhaps a replacement part on this earlier body?

 

[radiocemetery]

Doug and Kim,

I have been wondering about the "orange R vs the green R" too. I thought that any of the Pentax bodies with the orange R could handle the F1.4 50 mm Super Takumar. On the other hand, it doesn't make sense for Asahi to designate a camera is capable of handling a lens they haven't built yet.

What is the true test to determine the capability to handle this lens? Thanks.

Steve

 

[charjohncarter]

Did George use one?

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[Sonnar2]

Here is a great link to a site with some nice pics and good info. (If you use Firefox I should note this site works best with IE.)

http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Pentax_main.html

Hei Peter, what's wrong with Forefox on my website? Firefox is my main browser and I do build my pages with Mozilla Editor. I didn't have any complaints except missing translations of certain pages (lazy, me)...

As for the black cameras. Some months ago there was a black Original Pentax in mint condition from Switzerland or so, sold for 850 USD. I was with it until 500 USD a few seconds before closing. After all, since the H2 isn't particulary rare, I wouldn't pay a big extra for a black one. I just have one black early Pentax, a Spotmatic.

Generally speaking, the whole H series is one of the most pleasent SLR to use for photog. that like meterless cameras. The viewing screen is brighter than with many later SLRs. And of course, small, lightweight, beautifully designed and well build. The chrome parts are shining bright whereas the Spotmatic chrome is gray-dull. After all, the H series made the name PENTAX. PENTAX would be another company with another name without the H-series.

But today about 25-50% of the cameras will not work anymore with slow speeds (mirror sticks). Others as with most LEICA cloth shutters seviced every 15 years most PENTAX H cameras never seen a service in a lifetime! I read somewhere that the shutter of the whole H-series was designed for 20,000 exposures (500 films) where the spotmatic shutter was designed for 100,000 exp. I have six H-series cameras in my collection incl. 2 K's and 2 AP's, and four of them are fully working so I'm quite happy with this rate.

The early Pentax preset lenses are also wonderful compact gems. The rare Sonnar type 58/2.0 creates a wonderful bokeh and is a great portrait lens. There is just one lens I'm looking for to complete, that's the preset 55/1.8 (same formular as the "zebra" 55/1.8 K- lens)

-Frank-

 

[peterm1]

Hei Peter, what's wrong with Forefox on my website? Firefox is my main browser and I do build my pages with Mozilla Editor. I didn't have any complaints except missing translations of certain pages (lazy, me)...

Hi Sonnar. Is this your site? Well done I like it very much and its very well researched. I find that my Firefox does not display all elements......that is there are sections of the site missing unless I open with IE. The photos in particular seem not to display. No biggy, as I have a Firefox add-on that allows me to open any page in IE from within Firefox. If others do not have the same problem it would be good to know - It could , I suppose, be something to do with the way my Firefox is set up.

 

[radiocemetery]

Hei Sonnar2,
What a great site you have put together. You have some of the best pictures of these cameras on the internet. thanks for your input here, and keep up the good work.

Peterm1, thanks especially for sharing your experiences with these cameras and lenses.

Steve

 

[Quadagno]

I have a Heiland Pentax H2 for sale

I have a Heiland Pentax H2 for sale

I have a Heiland Pentax black body H2 for sale. It is in perfect condition and looks like new.

 

[Quadagno]

I have a Heiland Pentax H2 for sale.

I have a Heiland Pentax H2 for sale.

I just joined so I hope I am doing this correctly. I do have a Heiland Pentax H2 black body for sale. It is like new.

Hei Peter, what's wrong with Forefox on my website? Firefox is my main browser and I do build my pages with Mozilla Editor. I didn't have any complaints except missing translations of certain pages (lazy, me)...

As for the black cameras. Some months ago there was a black Original Pentax in mint condition from Switzerland or so, sold for 850 USD. I was with it until 500 USD a few seconds before closing. After all, since the H2 isn't particulary rare, I wouldn't pay a big extra for a black one. I just have one black early Pentax, a Spotmatic.

Generally speaking, the whole H series is one of the most pleasent SLR to use for photog. that like meterless cameras. The viewing screen is brighter than with many later SLRs. And of course, small, lightweight, beautifully designed and well build. The chrome parts are shining bright whereas the Spotmatic chrome is gray-dull. After all, the H series made the name PENTAX. PENTAX would be another company with another name without the H-series.

But today about 25-50% of the cameras will not work anymore with slow speeds (mirror sticks). Others as with most LEICA cloth shutters seviced every 15 years most PENTAX H cameras never seen a service in a lifetime! I read somewhere that the shutter of the whole H-series was designed for 20,000 exposures (500 films) where the spotmatic shutter was designed for 100,000 exp. I have six H-series cameras in my collection incl. 2 K's and 2 AP's, and four of them are fully working so I'm quite happy with this rate.

The early Pentax preset lenses are also wonderful compact gems. The rare Sonnar type 58/2.0 creates a wonderful bokeh and is a great portrait lens. There is just one lens I'm looking for to complete, that's the preset 55/1.8 (same formular as the "zebra" 55/1.8 K- lens)

-Frank-