Norway On Film | Pentax Spotmatic & Takumar Lenses
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Norway is by far one of my favorite places to go, Specifically the Lofoten area. Here are a some of the images I captured using the Pentax Spotmatic and the Super Takumar Lens system. The Spotmatic is a pretty inexpensive body but the lens options available for the M42 System are fantastic.
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The spotmatic is probably the best 35mm camera ever made. From personal experience the build quality is S tier. This camera is beautifully simple. When you pick it up you can just tell it was built to last. Compared to most 35mm cameras it feels far more premium. The best and worst thing about the spotmatic is it’s m42 mount. Yes it’s small but the lenses that you can attach are absolutely legendary (specially the 50mm 1.4). This camera can be very simple but I personally don’t think you need all those “features” to get great results. Plus the shutter sound and overall aesthetic is 🤌🏻
Agreed. I honestly still don't know if the meter works in any of my Nikon or spotmatics simply becuase I don't use it unless its a body that requires batteries to operate. I do get a bit annoyed swapping lenses with the m43 since its not as quick and easy but yes the glass is fantastic and the body very reliable and capable.
I use a Minolta light meter with my Spotmatic SP2. I recently installed new light seals in the camera. I mainly bought it for the lenses that came with it 35mm3.5, 50mm1.4 & 135mm3.5
@@scrptwicI just got my first Spotmatic SP. I have the SMC 55mm but I think I want the 35mm lens
Can never tire of hearing about older 35mm cameras, especially the classic Pentax Spotmatic. This camera made its formal debut in 1964, same year Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games. It was a fantastic opportunity for Asahi Pentac to market its new camera to the world. There are anecdotal stories of Pentax Spotmatic being sold to visitors and film kiosks located in the Olympic Village, but have found no posts of the 1964 Olympic Games shot w a Pentax. Do you know of links and sources for Pentax photos of the Games? As for stuck shutters and film advance, gotta believe it is due to oxidized lubricants used at the time. Now lubricants are more commomly synthetic and resistant to oxidizing and getting gummy. I own a Pentax Spotmatic SPII with a Takumar 50mm f 1.4 and love how it performs, having invested in a clean, lube & adjust too. Keep posting and encouraging us shooters. ❤❤😊
Thanks for all the info! Agree, I always keep going back to my Pentax line. appreciate the support!
Always loved those Spotmatic 1s! And for the longest time I lusted after an ES II.
They are solid cameras for sure
I gave your ratings of the Pentax Spotmatic more thought, and I don’t think it is fair or accurate. The Pentax Spotmatic was first introduced in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and it took off. It reached its peak development about 1972, so it isn’t accurate to rate the Pentax for lacking features that came out much later in other cameras. You have to rate a camera body for the year & vintage that it is, and not say it is lacking some feature that you find in later cameras. The Pentax Spotmatic takes superb photos.
It is a great camera, my questions about its build quality are in fact my own. Any camera will work better after a CLA so that doesn't really mean anything. me personally, most of the bodies I come across are in poor working order. That could be due to auger other things. but I will say I hardly ever come across a Nikon F that isn't working. There is no way to track these kinds of things anymore since they aren't produced etc. so it could just be my region, or personal luck. none the less, I am giving my own input neither of us can say for a fact one way or the other at this point. Also It isn't really isn't inaccurate to say it lacks features.... because like you said it does. If I compared each camera only to cameras of its identical time period, it would be useless to most modern shooters. some people need more features than others as intro or beginner shooters. I personally prefer the spotmatic over a lot of other options with a plethora of features. someone just starting isn't going to say "I want a camera from the 60s with the most features" they will say "I need a camera that has more features cause I am just starting out." lets keep it simple for now.
Bruh ffs you are so underrated. The quality of your content for such a small channel is amazing!
Thanks a lot Rory, really appreciate it. feel free to share the channel! haha.
Love being able to adapt my takumar lenses to my Old Minolta's now and again.
I found a Spotmatic SPII in pristine shape but non functioning meter for $15. Forced myself to learn exposure without metering and now I honestly like this camera more than my nikon F3 since the weight and ergonomics feel perfect in my hand. The silver version has a very nice satin finish that I haven't seen on other cameras. Beautiful shots btw, would love to visit norway!
Nice! Honestly meters on these old things aren’t a big deal. and yeah I was just talking to someone about how the F3 is to hyped compared to it’s counterpart the F2. Definitely get to Norway when you can!
I got a Pentax sp500 with some takumar glas. I did try out film back in the school days. I miss that feeling of analog.
It’s so much more of an experience than digital.
I Own the spotmatic sp for a few years now and love it! It looks beaten with a lot of brass but works great. Thanks for sharing and great shots you took with that camera. 👍
Nothing beats that brass look, I wish all my cameras had it. Thanks Marco!
Really interesting photo trip to Norway. Colorful pictures. Wonder if the cold Temps affected the shutter function or accuracy. Have used Pentax for awhile and problems are mainly due to age and dried lubricants. Also older lubricants vs those used today were petroleum based vs synthetic which is less vulnerable to oxidation. Pentax makes a superb cam, considering the Era it was built for. Still love my Spotmatic SPII. Nice to see others use this cam.
Thanks Norman! I was also wondering if I would have any issues with slow speeds due to cold weather ceasing up lubricants. I believe the spotmatic I was using was CLAd within the past 5 years ish so that may have helped. Also I DLSR scanned my film to try and get more out of my negatives color wise etc. It is a fantastic camera, thanks for sharing!
Check out the Olympus OM system, very compact and nice look.
Ive been hurting for a bargain early om series for a while. I have a few of the om10's but they need substantial repair. I have heard nothing but good things about that system though.
Underrated channel
Thanks so much man, really appreciate it!
Hi Graham, love your channel! A was very lucky and found a Spotmatic with the 50 1.4 8 element version attached at a local antique shop for only €35. So beautiful! The built quality of the lens surprised me. Smooth as butter and a lovely look to the rendering of the lens. Very special. Also found the cold shoe attachment and hood last week. The cold shoe clips onto my Spotmatic without any fuss though. Looking for the 35 3.5 the 28 and the 90. Can’t wait.
Nice! great find. I believe there are different types of cold shoes. The one in this video is spring loaded but I have one on another body that just slides on and is much easier. Good luck in your search for those lenses, they are fantastic.
@@graham_white Huh, didn’t know that. Mine is of the spring loaded kind. I tried to slide it on at first, but that didn’t work, so I pinched the little wings on the side and that did the trick. Just as smooth as the lens. You mentioned issues with shutters in SP’s, mine has a strange one. If I activate the meter and take a picture the mirror keeps hanging on one side. So I activate the meter, adjust and deactivate. A doable workaround I’d say.
Pentax Spotmatic is a fine camera w its Takumar lenses. If you have had issues, it is due to age and lack of proper clean, lube & adjust. A CLA can make every camera work better. If you want a hot shoe w a wider range of ISO, you need to get a Spotmatic SPII.
Images just what I expected from Pentax glass..colors really pop. I picked up a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic with a Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens, case, Sunpak flash unit, and Tamron 28mm f/2.8 lens last year for $45.00..all in excellent condition. First couple of rolls shot with the 55mm lens I was impressed with the sharpness and color rendition. A real nice, basic, easy to use camera.
True! Thanks for sharing
I picked up a Spotmatic SP2, it needed new light seals which I installed. I bought it for the lenses 35mm3.5, 50mm1.4 and 135mm3.5 plus filters extension tubes , 2x teleconverter all for $100.00 I figure the lenses were worth what I paid for the whole kit
@@scrptwic Indeed! You picked up a nice kit for a very good price even if you had to install new light seals. I enjoy using my Pentax a very straightforward easy to use camera, and the Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8 lens is great.
Nice! I live in Bergen and a silver Spotmatic + 50mm 1.4 is my go to 35mm set-up 😁 I also use the 50mm on my a7riii more than any of my Sony and Sigma glass; it's a damn fine and compact lens with great character and very nice sharpness. I even use it for my freelance photography.
Recently bought a c330 after watching (among others) your video about it.
Keep up the good work!
Nice! Ya that lens is great and still holds well in digital as well. And Bergen is a great place. Really enjoyed my previous visit. Haha, Enjoy that c330! Very versatile tlr.
Love the Takumar lenses! Been using them adapted to my Fujifilm X-T3 and they are my goto lenses. I also have the Helios 44-2 which is also amazing. Now looking for a decent film body to put them on... maybe two.
they really are fantastic. I got a helios recently but haven't been using it much over my takumar 50 1.4... hard to weigh the benefit other than the softer and interesting bokeh. but need to switch it up some. yeah solid m42 bodies are great when you can find a good one.
@@graham_white The Helios 44-2 is also a very sharp lens! It might have a bit of an advantage in video with the clicky and non-clicky aperture rings... you can set your most closed down aperture and then smoothly go from a more open aperture to the most closed aperture smoothly for a cool effect - I don't shoot much video so YMMV. For my next negative scanning session I am planning on trying it with a macro tube instead of the 50mm f4 Macro Tak I have been using so far. I will admit that mostly I have used the Helios for shooting wide or close to wide open for that special bokeh :-)
Only the original model Spotmatic lacks the hotshoe. The later SP2 and Spotmatic f feature a hotshoe.
I found my grandpa’s SP last week and just sent it in for cleanup today. Can’t wait to start my first roll of film soon✌️
Your videos are super helpful for me (aka a person who has literally zero experience in photography lol)
Keep up the good work, really looking forward to more of your videos and growth of this wonderful channel!!
Thanks a lot Shen! Really Appreciate it. Enjoy that SP, great camera
I would love to see your feed back on a Zenit B.
Just to see how low the score can be🤣
Bahahahaha. That actually sounds like it would be a fun test.
My mirror keeps getting stuck. I just saw a couple of videos talking about that common issue and how to fix it.
ya. it is fairly common
If you like Spotmatic SP, and hate the clunkiness of Zenit cameras, you should look into Praktica cameras from East Germany, to my knowledge all of them are in M42. Yes they also do not have the bast build quality, there's too much of plastic in some models, but on the bright side all of them have a full range of exposure times from 1/1000ht fo a full sec. + B, a hot shoe, a vertically travelling metal shutter but the best thing of all, those are dirt cheap...
I actually have a Praktica that I have been meaning to repair so I can use it. they seem like an interesting system.
Also: they are not very ergonomic and quite ugly, very rectangular with sharp edges. However, they are dirt cheap and work pretty well 👍
@@MusicByAngels Ugly maybe, rectangular yes, but not much more than say Pentax K2, Canon FTb, Konica T1/2/3 etc... the beautiful thing about is (combined with its price) that no one will steal it from you, and even if someone does, it's not too much of a damage. Given you didn't had some nice / expensive / rare M42 lens on it that is...
ペンタックスは、日本を征したカメラで官公庁ではペンタックスを使うのが暗黙のルールでした、無人スピード違反取締機オービスに付けられたのは、ペンタックスカメラ📷!惜しいカメラメーカーをなくした。
Slightly being drowned out by the background music at times here
Hi, thanks for the video, have you get shutter stuck when in this cold condition?
I have always wondered if I would get that issue actually. But so far when I travel to cold places like this I am taking a very mechanically sound camera. such as the Nikon F2 or the Pentax spotmatic and I don't bother with batteries. So I haven't had issue with sticking shutter or dying failure due to battery. I can definitely see less sound cameras or bodies that havent been serviced recently jamming up do to interior build up of oils etc.
Very good, I love it all
Your wife lets you do these videos alone? lol Love your content just getting into film.
haha. Thanks!
What battery do you use?
I personally dont, I just know my lighting situation or use an external meter. There are replacements to the old mercury batteries that these take but I cant remember them off the top of my head. Usually a quick google search turns up the right results from what I remember
So this is where leica got the idea for the bottom shutter accesorry...
Which film didi you shoot on bro?
Just Portra 400
The cameras look better than my face. 🤧
... Can't say I have heard that one before.
I hate the invention of flash, so I prefer no shoe at all.
Lol. Won’t disagree with you there. I avoid using them at all costs. Prefer natural light. Although point and shoot flashes I don’t mind the look of.