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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: BobDavid on March 18, 2012, 02:22:17 am

Title: Two Old Buddies
Post by: BobDavid on March 18, 2012, 02:22:17 am

I ran into some old friends today.

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2012, 08:54:50 am

Quote from: BobDavid on March 18, 2012, 02:22:17 am

I ran into some old friends today.

The one on the left looks a lot like my old buddy. But mine never hung around with Rolleis, only with other Pentexes (and an occasional Calumet 4x5 and a mongrel 8x10).

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: petermfiore on March 18, 2012, 09:46:04 am

I still use the Rollei. Yes it is my buddie.

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: Rob C on March 18, 2012, 01:30:36 pm

Always was a bit put out by the inclusion of Honeywell; what did they have to do with making it? Asahi sounded so much more, well, Zen-like! Michigan Testarossa... doesn't quite ring true, does it?

;-)

Rob C

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: tom b on March 18, 2012, 05:40:14 pm

I'm with you Rob, my first camera was a Asahi Pentax. It's the first time I've seen this association with Honeywell and it seems odd knowing their defence history.

Cheers,

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: BobDavid on March 18, 2012, 08:26:55 pm

This particular Spotmatic was manufactured in 1970. I think that was towards the end of the run of the Spotmatic brand. I purchased the Pentax about five years ago for $15 to use as a teaching aid for a college-level photo class I taught. The Rollei lived in my pocket for about five years. The optics are excellent, and I always loved using it. I stopped shooting with it around 1992. It still works.

Title: Re: Two Old Buddies
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 18, 2012, 08:34:21 pm

Quote from: BobDavid on March 18, 2012, 08:26:55 pm

... The Rollei lived in my pocket for about five years. The optics are excellent, and I always loved using it. I stopped shooting with it around 1992. It still works.

Same here... Rollei is a funny camera: fixed lens and interchangeable sensors! I still have some sensors left in the cryonics department of my freezer ;)