DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

Pentax Spotamatic F

Started May 5, 2021 | Discussions thread
kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: Pentax Spotamatic F
1

Kalimetric wrote:

Ah, this would be a gamble purchase. It's being sold as an antique, so no way of knowing whether the lightmeter is working!
As regards lenses, I used to change them all the time, but recently I've been finding myself just sticking to the kit lens. I think I've missed a lot of shots in the past due to trying to fit a shot into a prime lens. I think I'm done with that. So I would probably seek out an m42 zoom that goes from wide to middle. Of course, I'd happily keep the 28mm around, but my shoulder can only take so much weight nowadays.

OK

In that case I can recommend the Tamron Adaptall-2 28-200mm https://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/tamron-af-28-200mm-f-3-8-5-6-xr-di-aspherical-if-macro.html as a good all-around lens. Try to find the model #171A (not the earlier #71A). It has relatively advanced aspherical LD optics and a polycarbonate body, so it only weighs 500gm!

I only retired mine when it developed fungus deep inside and I couldn't get it fixed

Good luck

 kypfer's gear list:kypfer's gear list
Pentax *ist D Pentax *ist DS Pentax *ist DL2 Pentax K200D Samsung NX5 +7 more
Post (hide subjects) Posted by
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow