Pentax ME Super 35mm SLR Camera Package

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tu te souviens de la discussion sur la montée iso, les diaphragmes et les temps de pose pour la photo de nuit. There is a shutter cock indicator beside the tip of the wind lever, if its orange you’re ready to shoot, if black, you need to cock it. Like other Ms, it features Pentax’s Magic Needles film spool—just jam the end of the film leader between any two white pins and the spool grabs it tight. With my K-1000 I could just leave the shutter speed at 1/500, twist the f-stop ring until the meter was happy and shoot. On this lens, the blue numbers or Feet and the beige numbers are Meters, this lens can focus from 0.

The body was available with a chrome or black finish on the upper parts and base (the central body being always black). What I don’t like is that it does have no exposure lock (but the exposure compensation works well for me), and the difficult reading of the digits in the viewfinder in case of not much light. If you like Pentax SLRs, see my review of the K1000 ( here), the KM ( here), the Spotmatic SP ( here), the Spotmatic F ( here), the ES II ( here), and the H3 ( here).BTW no tracking mount was used, this was all done on a weeny travel tripod, fine tracking was all done by the camera (Astrotracer to move the sensor), and a rough "tracking" was done manually each 10 minutes or so by moving the ballhead. The Pentax’s aperture priority auto mode is a lot more intuitive and easy to use than the Canon’s shutter priority mode. If you like compact SLRs, also see my review of the original Pentax ME ( here), the Olympus OM-1 ( here) and the Nikon FA ( here). A, F, FA or D FA Series (with aperture ring): Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual modes. I prefer aperture-priority shooting and use it nearly exclusively on every SLR I own that is so equipped.

It has never had a "spa day" {aka CLA} - it just keeps on quietly working, so I decided to give it a moment of tribute here. They’re tight, compact, and capable, and we’re once again reminded of the way many brands in photography are criminally undervalued. Somebody says the top plate is made of metal, this is incorrect as it's polycarbonate: you can notice because when it "debrasses" (for instance, on the corners close to the strap) you see a base material which looks copper red, not yellow. But just was able to take two pictures and then a huge dog came loud barking out of nowhere running to me and following me who was running as fast as possible to the fence.All in all the Super A still is my favourite film camera due to it's accuracy, ease of use and very rich feature set. The ME Super would suit Kodak Portra 400 or Kodak Gold for colour photography, and the fast Kodak Portra 400 would suit photography that has more movement. I was jumping over the fence because no house or person were to be seen and started to take pictures of the rusted wreck. The build quality is very good, and the camera is very light, but it feels very solid and like it could take a bit of rough treatment. The A motordrive is the best of the Pentax range, almost on pair with the one of the Canon F-1N even if it's slower.

Also, the Super Program provides a switchable backlight so you can see this information in low light. I genuinely really like the Pentax ME Super, I think I like it so much because I learned to shoot on a camera very similar, the Nikon EM. None of them are going to be amazing, and you’d probably be better off acquiring a couple of primes instead. It’s still brilliant and I’ll cover its common faults and what to look out for a little further down the article. i/s) or the later Winder ME II (2i/s) and can also mount a Dial Data ME databack, or the later Digital Data M databack via a cord adapter.While it’s not going to make a dent in a Nikon F, its metal construction inside and out results in a camera that’s dense and solid. I found the having to take it down from my eye to check aperture a bit frustrating, and the shutter speed buttons seem a bit fiddly and gimmicky looking back on it (Pentax wanted to look "modern"? Pentax-M and SMC Pentax lenses have a a stop-down coupler that allows the camera to have a mechanical linkage to the lens. Other improvements over the ME was a faster top shutter speed of 1/2000 s and a warning light in the view finder when EV compensation was engaged.