Show us your SLR ..... WHAT?

[Nokton48]

Plaubel Single Lens Reflex Cameras EPOI by Nokton48, on Flickr

 

[Bbsteinle]

Finally got an "up to date" lens for my FE.

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Ah, a ”Gordy’s Strap!”

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[sojournerphoto]

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Only had this a couple of weeks but like it already. Fast, fast mirror and shutter and focuses very easily.

And to keep this company and to provide a holder for my old Pentax-A SMC 50mm f1.2, I saw this and grabbed it while I could. Far below current advertised prices and everything seems to work as it should.

I have to admit, these mechanical slr’s are quite lovely things and so much nicer than the electronic cameras I’ve had from the same era.

 

[p.giannakis]

This puppy followed me home after work yesterday. It was posted online as free to go to a new home.

The lens is pristine and the camera shows little signs of use. Unfortunately after firing a few test shots the capacitor blew off. So, another project to occupy my evenings.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

And to keep this company and to provide a holder for my old Pentax-A SMC 50mm f1.2, I saw this and grabbed it while I could. Far below current advertised prices and everything seems to work as it should.

I have to admit, these mechanical slr’s are quite lovely things and so much nicer than the electronic cameras I’ve had from the same era.View attachment 4830827

The MX is a jewel. A fast 50 and a 28, and you're good to go. Everything else is excess baggage!

 

[wlewisiii]

The MX is a jewel. A fast 50 and a 28, and you're good to go. Everything else is excess baggage!

"The F4 is a jewel. A fast 50 and a 28 and you're good to go. Everything else is excess baggage!" Though I do get tempted to add an 85 😉

 

[Freakscene]

"The F4 is a jewel. A fast 50 and a 28 and you're good to go. Everything else is excess baggage!" Though I do get tempted to add an 85 😉

The F4 is a brick wrapped in rubberised plastic.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

"The F4 is a jewel. A fast 50 and a 28 and you're good to go. Everything else is excess baggage!" Though I do get tempted to add an 85 😉

Honestly, they're both jewels, each in its own way. Depends on what kind of shooting experience you want. I've owned and loved both!

 

[Retro-Grouch]

The F4 is a brick wrapped in rubberised plastic.

But one hell of a brick!

 

[wlewisiii]

But one hell of a brick!

Yup. My favorite brick. No finer AF camera for MF lenses.

 

[wlewisiii]

I will admit that my Pentax thoughts of late have been more and more towards the Spotmatics - probably a F - than anything more recent. A nice three prime set for one of those could be fun for a change of pace on occasion.

 

[p.giannakis]

The one is a jewel, the other is two or three jewels...

 

[wlewisiii]

A jewel on the right but one of the crown jewels on the left ... 😉

 

[Freakscene]

A jewel on the right but one of the crown jewels on the left ... 😉

F4 looks like it got chunky eating too many MXs . . .

 

[sojournerphoto]

F4 looks like it got chunky eating too many MXs . . .

Or perhaps the F4 is a rough diamond and the MX is what you get when it’s been cut by a master…

 

[agentlossing]

Or perhaps the F4 is a rough diamond and the MX is what you get when it’s been cut by a master…

Aha, we have a winner!

 

[p.giannakis]

The venerable Nikon F801s

 

[wlewisiii]

The venerable Nikon F801s

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[Retro-Grouch]

The one is a jewel, the other is two or three jewels...

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Where's Goldilocks when we need her judgement?
Actually, the F4 might be "just right" once that bloated battery grip gets removed.