Seems the black finish is less common in the screw-mount Pentaxes, so they tend to sell for a bit more. Both my Spotmatic ES and ESII are black, though.
Moto-Uno
Moto-Uno
^^ That kinda sounds like a line from Star Trek 
. Peter
. Peterleicapixie
Well-known
I am sure on my old Spotmatics the meter switch "jumped" back to "off",
on release of shutter..mine at home. sheltering elsewhere..
The screens are darker than My Nikon-F, but very easy to focus on.
I used to get headaches working with SP's due to focus system were set for far sighted? The Nikon-F meant no more headaches. I was a pro so it was many hours looking, framing and focusing!
The Leica-M3 was the easiest to work with and never needing glasses till my 40's. Later my eyes changed from near sighted to far, sadly my arms not long enough..but no need for glasses on those Spotmatics..
I love the size and 'feel' of Spotmatic and still use a few incl. a black one.
on release of shutter..mine at home. sheltering elsewhere..
The screens are darker than My Nikon-F, but very easy to focus on.
I used to get headaches working with SP's due to focus system were set for far sighted? The Nikon-F meant no more headaches. I was a pro so it was many hours looking, framing and focusing!
The Leica-M3 was the easiest to work with and never needing glasses till my 40's. Later my eyes changed from near sighted to far, sadly my arms not long enough..but no need for glasses on those Spotmatics..
I love the size and 'feel' of Spotmatic and still use a few incl. a black one.
p.giannakis
Pan Giannakis
Really? Will be interested if you check this out when you can. My two Spotmatics (both charity shop finds) didn't go to off automatically. Actually, if you didn't turn the switch to off whilst taking the picture, the mirror was staying up in both of them (they were going back down when switched to off).
Michael Markey
Veteran
Sold the black Spotmactic .... just this SL now
Shac
Well-known
The switch on my Spotmatic II goes off when I take a photo
retinax
Well-known
Confirming the switch goes back on my SP, at least it did before it died.
I've also been uncertain if it's ok to push it back to open the aperture back up and turn the meter off. It doesn't feel great.
I've also been uncertain if it's ok to push it back to open the aperture back up and turn the meter off. It doesn't feel great.
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Exactly. After the shutter is released, the meter switch will go back down.
The problem was when I chose not to make the photo and manually lowered the switch (thus also re-opening the aperture). Very stiff and sticky. As I said, it broke in one week on a new camera.
2nd easiest workaround is to switch the lens to Manual - then the resistance to the switch goes away. I got good at doing it quickly.
I have two yellowed 50's. I don't want to put them in hot bright sunlight. Does the Ikea UV lamp work?
