I haven't tried it in a spotmatic (the 675 ZA cells I use are too big for that). the guys at http://www.photobattery.com/ do have a size 400 battery (i think...
For sale. Prices are reduced each week and feel free to make reasonable offers! Shipping from St. Paul MN. Thanks! ... 50mm f/2 SMC Asahi Pentax-M lens for...
I've always wondered about the soligor TM. It looks more solid than other soligor products of the period. Who made it, I wonder. When I find one at the right...
... It was made by the Miranda Camera Co. and is the same body as the Miranda Sensomat, but with an M42 screw mount instead of the Miranda mount. -Gene Poon...
Subject: Best M42 Cameras I'd like to add a few more M42 cameras to the 'best' category: Pentax Spotmatic F (1973) and Ricoh Singlex II (1976). The Spotmatic F...
I own a fair "spread" of M42's, with a bias towards full microprism (ever try to "split" a subject's face)? On the basis of actually having mounted the same...
hi sending an email to the listowner does not constitute a post ...;) Pls reply to the list. you are correct. Where open-aperture metering is concerned, that ...
Mmmm.. okay... my thoughts. Zenit-19, Zenit-12xp and the Zenit-EM Good metering, Great optics, good support. Bodies are all full metal (only the 19 has a...
... I do like the Zenit's 58mm f2 Helios 44M standard lens but I think the bodies are flawed by the lack of slow speeds, slow shutter synch (1/30s) and, most...
I thought I would add one more comment. The best-built M42 screwmount cameras I've ever handled are the Zeiss Ikon SL706 and the Icarex TM. Include the 35CS....
Message: 3 Wonderful news! Because I always liked the sensomat, but it didn't make sense to buy a miranda mt camera. Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:43:49 -0700 ...
... The Sensomat body was produced with M42 mount under three different names: Soligor TM, Miranda TM and Pallas TM. All are the same except for the...
Hello All: My criteria for choosing best-ever 42mm cameras would be #1 dependability #2 durability #3 optical quality #4 ease of use. My candidates: 1. Pentax...
See here for details: http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/joerg/allerlei/mamiya/smc_on_tl.html Roland ... Von: Doug Miles [mailto:MilesD@...] Gesendet:...
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Hi: If I see screw heads on the lens mounting flange, I don't even try to mount an SMC lens. I'm not sure if the DSX has screw heads showing, but I believe the...
I'll go with Barry's list at least down to level 3. Takumar lenses get my vote as first overall but I've also used Mamiya lenses and believe to be equal to...
Hi, fellas, Does anybody know what batteries the Praktica MTL 5b takes? 1.35v or 1.5v? Just got one like new, as if it's still 1989 and the Berlin Wall were...
... MTL 5B batteries are easy to get, sometimes even in village shops. Mine has the inscription V 13 GA. No voltage mentioned. While we're speaking about the...
... The clumsy metering switch (requiring both hands) drops the Spotmatic on my list. I prefer to have the ability to shoot with one hand, the other hand I can...
Does anyone know who is the best (reliable) vintage restorer / repairer of vintage takumar stuff ? I received a takumar 83/1.9 in the post with a wrinkled...
I believe you're being charitable with the Mamiya Sekor DTL. The metering circuits are very difficult to work with - I lucked into an optical engineer who...
From personal experience working on my 85mm 1.9, I can recommend "pextaxrepairs" on EBay - check auction 3819197013 - be sure to talk it over with him first....
I worked on the Mamiya 50/1.4 (pre-sx) last week and it wasn't much worse than any of the other 50mm lenses I've worked on. the front and rear optical groups...
Dario has the lens listed on his site - check the Spotmatic group. There was one on EBay awhile back - I thought perhaps you had bought that one. Quite rare....
The guy who worked on mu Mamiya-Sekor lenses mentioned that there was an inner "capsule" that had to be disassembled, which he had not seen on Yashinons. He...
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