Vintage

[Scott Brady]

Post up your love.

This is my father's Pentax Spotmatic. He purchased it in Thailand, during the Vietnam war. It has a few new adventures left to document and there is still a half-exposed roll in there. . .

 

[DaveInDenver]

My dad had Spotmatics. Brings back lots of memories, always thought they were such cool cameras. Just want you needed, nothing you didn't. Funny how even without super fancy matrix meters and auto this and that people still managed to properly expose beautiful Kodachromes.

 

[Michael Slade]

Is your self-timer stuck on? Press that tiny button just above the rotating lever on the right side of the lens. It should buzz and start to spin around.

 

[mrlocksmith]

I still have the Spotmatic My Dad game me in 1986, he bought it in 1968. I have taken that thing to Europe Twice, I have landed on it after sailing off a ski jump that I had NO business going on. It has been dinged and mudded up while it took it spelunking and who knows what else I put it though. I still have it and I should take it in for a "tune-up" just to see what shape it is in.

It is one heck of a camera !!!!


Mark

 

[Scott Brady]

Is your self-timer stuck on? Press that tiny button just above the rotating lever on the right side of the lens. It should buzz and start to spin around.

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It is the one thing that is broken. There is a little shaft that goes between the timer arm and the timer spring/ratchet that is missing.

 

[Redline]

Leicaflex

No pictures at my fingertips, but in addition to a few film cameras of my own, I have my dad's Leicaflex SL bodies and a few lenses. I should try to give them a little exercise this year.

 

[mountainpete]

From my Dad... And it's a shame that although it is operational it hasn't captured an image in decades.

 

[xjblue]

My father picked up a spotmatic during his tour to Nam too. The butter smooth focus rings on those primes still give me chills!

Dad's spotmatic has shutter issues at faster speeds, had it repaired once but didn't last long.

 

[Scott Brady]

Awesome

 

[DiploStrat]

Memories!

My first good camera was an Asahi Pentax with the SMC Takumar 50mm/f 1.4.

Sadly it, an ES and all of my lenses were stolen in the 1980's. Wonderful, wonderful cameras and glass.

 

[1911]

Don't know how "vintage" it is, but at the time I loved the Russian-made Zenit-E that I bought for 25 quid when I lived in Ireland in the 70's. No coating on the lens, so you had to be careful shooting towards any kind of light, but I was proud of some of the photos I took with it. Sold it when I upgraded to a Fuji; I wish I still had it though, it was fun basic camera.

Not my camera, but someone else's photo of an identical one:

 

[JackW]

4 distinct generations of cameras

At the front - my grandfather's early 1950's Minolta Super A - used by him, my father and myself. On the left my Dad's pride and joy - his Hasselblad from the 1960's. In the center the Canon F-1 I carried for 25 years and on the right the current lump - a Canon 1DsMkII.

 

[Scott Brady]

Very cool Jack

 

[Tim A]

This was my dad's, I run a roll through it when I can. The AV-1 was an aperture priority version of the AE-1. This picture was taken with a slightly more modern Canon.

 

[Michael Slade]

4 distinct generations of cameras

At the front - my grandfather's early 1950's Minolta Super A - used by him, my father and myself. On the left my Dad's pride and joy - his Hasselblad from the 1960's. In the center the Canon F-1 I carried for 25 years and on the right the current lump - a Canon 1DsMkII.

Wanna sell that Hassy? :elkgrin: