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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Such a cool looking little camera.
And, if I'm not mistaken, the strap in this photo looks like the old Domke gripper strap? (Always one of my favorite old-school straps.)
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Such a cool looking little camera.
And, if I'm not mistaken, the strap in this photo looks like the old Domke gripper strap? (Always one of my favorite old-school straps.)
Yes, a Domke Gripper. A fav of mine as well, although the Peak Design Leash has been making inroads.
I'm liking the little Canonets. Not lightweights however, they are a bit dense. Can't wait to get the first rolls of film completed this week and sent off to see if there are any issues.
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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
My second experiment with one of the Pentax plastic-fantastic AF cameras. This one was exceptionally clean, supposedly belonged to an old-school photographer who was more of a collector. The FA50mm lens is one I've been using on my digital KP, but I am optimistic it will do just as well with film.
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I liked using this so much I bought a second as a backup + an MZ-3 because the 3/5 series are cheap as chips and have plastic sprockets known to fail. Having said that these are a joy to use - the benefits of a point & shoot (albiet a tad larger) with manual over-ride if you need it + the ability to mount and use the K lenses (even focus confirm on manual-focus lenses + auto-aperture on the MF A- series lenses). It does have the 80's chintzy-plastic feel but its also dense and feels good in the hand (my Nikon F100 feels super solid & dense but also a real brick to carry). Can't go wrong.
I did the same with the EOS 30/33 (Elan 7) - bought two bodies. Because they're cheap and produce excellent results.
Enjoy it! Look forward to the results.
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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Some serious film Pentaxians (on the PentaxForums website) have opined that in the last years of the production of both the MZ-3 and the MZ-5/ZX-5, when production/assembly shifted from Japan to the Philippines, that Pentax also quietly replaced the failure-prone plastic gearing with metal gears which essentially solved the previous problems. Or, at least, that's what a handful of people think. The one I purchased was indeed assembled in the Philippines - so theoretically it may have a higher survivability quotient than some others. And, in any case, you're totally right about them being cheap. This one was truly inexpensive - compared to some of the prices of more sought-after Pentax SLR's (like the LX, obviously). Thanxxx for your comments, Walter! I'll post some images once I've shot a roll or two.
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- Seattle
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- Andrew
Congratulations Miguel, that is the Pentax that I have always really liked the feel of. I think it will work very well with the 50mm. There's nothing quite like full frame fifties!
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- Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
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- Christian (Otto) Beyer
- Location
- Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
- Name
- Christian (Otto) Beyer
And by the way, it's a freaking tank. Like it's carved out of a steel ingot. Solid, heavy, I don't know how we carried this damn thing.
- Location
- Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
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- Christian (Otto) Beyer
I've still got the FTb as well as the AE1 (and TLb) and an Olympus OM-10 and Konica C35. Only the mostly non electronic TPb still works.
But I've got an Olympus OM -1N arriving today. Am I nuts?
- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
- Name
- Chris
Still miss my OM-1n(s). I had two of them. Sorry I sold them so long ago.
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- Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
- Name
- Christian (Otto) Beyer
One came in today from Roberts Camera but I'm returning it. The meter doesn't work.
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- Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
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- Christian (Otto) Beyer
So the OM-1N is going back (broken meter) but I was able to get this old girl up and running again. Just a matter of new batteries and a little bit of gentle wiggling on the stuck mirror. Works like a charm (or we'll see once the first roll of film comes back).
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- Miguel Tejada-Flores
