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My new T90

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I've wanted one of these for a while and can't wait to try it out
 
MISH said:
I was only a couple years old when this camera was made but I would have bought it just for that sexy lens cap
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😀 yes Asahi Opt. always had the best looking lens caps, especially these early ones. thats part of the reason I have gravitated to the auto-takumar and earlier preset lenses that feature these type of caps. ahh, your asahiflex is making me want to get another something terrible..
 
chrishayton said:
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Picked this up today. Its a beautiful camera. Cant wait to take some photos with it. OK Its not a black paint M3 but its at least black paint. Looks cute next to my 67 too
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You have an example of what is probably my favourite erly SLR camera breed - the pre Spotmatic Pentax. I used to collect these intensively and loved them. Unfortanately I do not own a black one but have several other models in chrome - all of which are brilliant to use and feel "just right" in the hand. I always think that these share something with the Leica LTM series - minus the pentaprism their form factor is quite similar.

I also love to use these with the early semi auto lenses - where you need to cock the aperture mechanism first. There is something about the physicality of having to do this that appeals to me.

Which model is it?
 
Yeh the case is just the standard case for the S1a albeit in good condition. I can certainly see the similarities with these cameras to screw mount Leicas

Its an S1a with 55mm F2 Super-Takumar, and a Luigi strap (which I already had)

I have to admit Pentax isn't my speciality. Obviously the black ones are less common but are they 'rare' Any idea on production numbers
 
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