Pentaxians... Any out there?

[Zuiko-logist]

The 1.4/50 is a nice lens. Some have a yellowish radioactive back lens.

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Very nice. My favourite combo with a leather case and wrist strap.

 

[p.giannakis]

I just bought the ME super with pancake 2.8/40 for an irresistibly low price. Replaced the light seals and mirror damper. Nice little camera.

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Excellent combo.

 

[hap]

Excellent combo.

My ME super is never going to be sold. way too cheap to sell but it's still a great camera. I've got a 50 and 28mmm. enough for me

 

[hap]

I would like to have a spotmatic F. On eBay they are too expensive.

 

[splitimageview]

I just bought the ME super with pancake 2.8/40 for an irresistibly low price. Replaced the light seals and mirror damper. Nice little camera.

What a great little camera. I seem to recall it getting less than favorable reviews back in the day, although so much of the negativity of that era was due to the transition from fully mechanical to battery-dependent (as if it were such a burden to carry a couple extra S76.)

The ME Super has a great shutter feel/sound and such great viewfinder magnification, while being barely larger than a Barnack.

 

[p.giannakis]

My ME super is never going to be sold. way too cheap to sell but it's still a great camera. I've got a 50 and 28mmm. enough for me

I have both the Spotmatic and the ME (not the Super) but i find using the ME more. It is more practical.

 

[agentlossing]

I have both the Spotmatic and the ME (not the Super) but i find using the ME more. It is more practical.

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Such a nice, tiny package for walking about. I haven't lucked into an M 40mm, but the FA 43 Ltd. isn't much larger.

 

[wlewisiii]

I've come to like my FA35/2 as a walkabout prime on my K3.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

I think pretty much all of the manual focus Pentax cameras are really nice. My favorite is the SL, I have a chrome one and it's become one of my favorite cameras, usually paired with the 50/1.4 S-M-C Takumar pictured on the preceding page. I like my 55/1.8 S-M-C Takumar just as well, but mine has a dented filter ring so is less useful to me. With the SL, one of those lenses, my 28/3.5 S-M-C Takumar, and my 105/2.8 Super Takumar, I could do most everything I'm interested in doing photographically.

 

[agentlossing]

I've come to like my FA35/2 as a walkabout prime on my K3.

I had this lens, and I sold it to help fund the revered FA 31 Ltd. But I miss the FA 35/2, and keep thinking about picking it up again. It's lighter than the 31mm, and still has some pixie dust wide open. It's a great lens.

 

[Sanug]

Today I exposed a roll of the new Kentmere 200 with the ME super and the SMC Pentax-M lenses 2.8/40 and 1.7/50. Although the camera has heavy signs of use, it works perfectly well. The negatives are equally and correctly exposed and very sharp. The camera is easy to operate and a joy to use.

 

[wlewisiii]

Gotta get my PZ-1p out again ... 😉

 

[agentlossing]

Gotta get my PZ-1p out again ... 😉

It's a marvelous camera! The confident AF and clacky shutter are quite nice to use.

 

[agentlossing]

Z-1p with the HD FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. Shanghai GP3.

 

[Krosya]

 

[Krosya]

Favorite 35mm lenses in m42:

 

[Mark240590]

Well, my limited rangefinder usage recently has been sponsored by the new to me Pentax LX - Fitted with a Beattie bright screen and blood sandalwood Grip.

 

[Mark240590]

Some shots in Aperture Priority using a Helios 44K4- I can’t even remember the last time I shot with a Helios let alone the later versions. It’s definitely a lens im bringing with me. I am currently shooting a roll of Kentmere 200 in it with the Auto Takumar 55/2.2 this was the first lens I completely disassembled and rebuilt 🙂

 

[titrisol]

Roadkill!
Somewhere along US21 in the NC mountains

Spotmatic with Fomapan400

 

[Mark240590]

Nao Victoria - a replica of the first ship to circumnavigate the globe docked in Newcastle Upon Tyne 📷: LX & Auto Takumar 55/2.2 🎞️: Kentmere 200