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Asahi Pentax SP500

a break in the descriptions of my equipment to mention a few devices that I used or that I use although they are not mine, and in particular apparatus and step-father's paternal. Starting with a device which, if not the buyer, I was one of the first topics: Asahi Pentax for my dad.

• Type: SLR
• 35mm Manufacturer: Asahi Pentax
• Model: Spotmatic SP500
• Year of manufacture: 1980-1986
• Purchase date: early 1972 (not by me, I was a year!)
• Mounting: screw type M42
• Shutter: double curtain side-scrolling, 1 s to 1 / 500 th (actually the speed at 1 / 1000 th works although it is not marked on button speeds), Bulb

see this unit talk about the entries in photos and days ; the latest was illustrated by the same photo as this one.

In any case, a device particularly robust, as his successor the Pentax K1000 that I bought a copy a few days ago. The K1000 is identical to the Spotmatic (rather than the SP1000 SP500, but they are virtually identical) to the flash shoe near (the Spotmatic do not) - only changes the lens mount. The mount of M42 Spotmatic is much smaller than the K bayonet who succeeded him, so they appear larger than the K1000: more space free on the front ... But I have a case is designated for the Spotmatic (as marked Honeywell Pentax, the brand under which Asahi Optical Co. for providing its Spotmatic the Americas): it is exactly the right size for the K1000.

Asahi Pentax was the last major manufacturers to have kept the screw mount, until the early 1970s. They were not bad, these horses, but we must recognize that change is on target when mop requires a certain dexterity. Moreover, if a tip at the frame allowed the development diaphragm open, it had to close it when measurement of light, while with K-mount, everything is done and it is open aperture at the time of shooting it is adjusted. This allows you to work simultaneously on the development and measurement of light, then it is difficult to adjust the focus iris closed, especially if you are at f: 16 or beyond ... On the other hand, no need for button control depth of field (which is a clutch mechanism under open aperture), because the passage in the measurement mode automatically.

I took my first pictures with this camera in the 80s when I was 11 or 12 years (the advantage a rugged) I made a half-dozen rolls during my years of college and high school from 1982 to 1987 (with some moderation, therefore, the development costs being fabulous in terms of my money pocket) I borrowed again during my trip to South Africa in 1997. But it is always a pleasure to handle, although I now use my own equipment to take pictures. To recover the memory of those early gestures clicks.