Pentax Spotmatic: Overview Training
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2024
- When I was getting into photography and Pentax in general, I loved watching overview videos that details the controls of the camera. I felt that this helped train and orientate myself to the camera before I even bought it. Every tip is extremely useful, especially with film photography!
Here is our take with a PentaxTips Spotmatic overview training video:
00:00 Overview
01:56 Front of Camera
03:46 Back of Camera
03:56 Bottom of Camera
04:32 Top of Camera
06:46 Loading Film
07:48 Super-Takumars
09:17 Taking a Shot
11:27 Self-Timer
12:08 Check the Battery
12:31 Unloading Film
Learn the basics with the Exposure Triangle:
• The Exposure Triangle:...
Bridge Circuit:
• Pentax Spotmatics: The...
Spotmatic F: Overview Training:
• Pentax Spotmatic F: Ov...
Big thanks to Luis Salazar for allowing me to use footage of his gear :)
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SIR!! This video is PERFECT. My goodness!! Awesome work.
This was far better than any instruction manual I read fot the Spotmatic. And I presently have both the original manual and the independent book that was published for Spotmatic owners. Thank you!
A most excellent tutorial. Thanks for posting :)
Thank you. A blast from the past! The Spotmatic was a very desirable camera when it was first released. I think it remains so.
Just ordered one from KEH for $100. I already have the Pentax 55mm F1.8 screw mount lens. Can’t wait to get it in and shoot the first roll. Which will be Kodak TRI-X 400 film.
Just found your channel.. good stuff! I’ve been a fan of Pentax Spotmatics for several decades now. At last count, I had around three dozen varieties of them. Properly cared for, they’ll outlive us all.
Asahi Pentax fan here. Also, FIRST!
Film loading is much easier and more reliable when you first attach the leading edge of the film to the wind-up spool, then push the film onto the sprocket gear and then lower the film canister in its place. The lower the rewind crank and close the camera back.
Thank you!!
I had to put new light seals in my Spotamatic as well a new mirror bumper. I had no idea the seals were bad until somebody gave me a roll of film and none of the pictures came out
Very nice video for someone new to the Spotmatic. There is one point I would like to clarify. The light meter IS voltage-dependent! It's true it's a Wheatstone bridge metering system, but the bridge is UNbalanced at the centered needle setting. (Notice the off-center needle position with power-off). You might get reasonable metering results at average light levels with a 1.55V battery, but at the low and high end of the metering scale you get some error.
I own this camera. It's great!
The Pentax Spotmatic series were outstanding cameras. Well-made, sharp Takumar lenses and thru-the-lens metering where a shooter didn’t need a separate light meter. Formally debuted in 1964, the Pentax Spotmatic went on to sell millions of units. It is still an outstanding camera. When this camera first came out in 1964, Tokyo hosted the summer Olympic Games. While I have seen many stories/pictures about the 1964 Summer Games, I am puzzled why there is no mention of whether the Pentax Spotmatic was used to record the games or sold to visitors who came to Japan. There have been anecdotes about the camera being sold during the Olympics in Tokyo with film developing kiosks around the OIympic village. The marketing opportunity for Asahi Pentax during the Olympics seems obvious. Can anyone find out whether there are photos/ads shot by a Pentax during the 1964 Summer Games?
I just picked up an SP500 and shot my first roll of film in like 20 years.
It was fun, but on about half the shots, there's a spot on the right half of the frame that's blacked out (varied from shot to shot, some it was about 10% of the frame, some up to 50%). Not sure if it's a skill issue, or if somethings not working correctly (unsurprising, given its about 50 years old)
Great camera I had the spotmatic 2 as my firstcamera
I have two Spotmatic that are still in operating condition, my biggest issue is finding the replacement for the old mercury battery.
Depth of field can be seen by moving a switch on Super-Takumar lenses, which saves battery power.
I see you have the 8 element 50mm there, nice 👍
The clip-on meter measures with an angle of 40 degrees, so no problem with standard and wide-angle lenses!
Any advice on which cheap electronic flash unit to mount?
Sometimes I forget to stop down the lens before taking a picture. Other than that it's one of my favorite cameras.
An orange R on the rewind crank does not guarantee the safe use of the 8-element 1.4/50 lens. The paddle should have a crescent-like shape.
A Spotmatic does not have center-weighted metering, the metering is integral (measuring the whole picture frame).
I prefer to set the aperture I need for a specific depth of field first and adjust the shutter speed accordingly.
I picked up 2 of these for dirt cheap in the last month or 3…
I stole one from my grandpa