Pentax Spotmatic F Video Manual 1 of 2

Pentax's Spotmatic F, along with the ESII, represented the end of the Spotmatic line. The Spotmatics left production on a high note with the F being the best of the lineage. In fact, the F was so good that in large the camera's DNA remained in the Pentax lineup for another 15 years or more. In fact, it would not be incorrect to note that the K1000, KM, and to a lesser degree KW all have a look, feel, and interface very much like the Spotmatic F. The Spotmatic F surprised me. I didn't expect to think of it as any different from the other Spotmatics, which I enjoy but see too much similarity between. The F, however, is its own entity among the Spotmatics -- a fully manual (only) body with open-aperture metering. The ES and ESII are not the same as they also have aperture-priority mode shooting. If you want to start in photography, or refine your skills, or have a camera for enjoyment -- you could do a lot worse than the Spotmatic F. In my mind, the F is one of the best camera bodies ever made, in league with models like the Nikon F3, Canon F-1, Olympus OM2n, and Minolta SRT 102. References: http://www.pentaxforums.com/camerarev... http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pen... http://www.cameramanuals.org/pentax_p... http://allardschaap.woelmuis.nl/Spotm... Video Index: Skip the Intro: 0:07 Camera Overview: 0:41 Camera Features Overview -- Top: 2:28 Camera Features Overview -- Front: 5:07 Camera Features Overview -- Back: 6:38 Camera Features Overview -- Bottom: 7:07 Camera Features Overview -- Inside: 7:21 Notes: 9:27 Camera Don'ts: 13:39 Thoughts on the Spotmatic F: 15:24 An Invitation to Like this Video and Subscribe: 17:46 Link to Video 2:    • Pentax Spotmatic F Video Manual 2 of 2   My Photography Website: http://www.5119photography.com/ My Blog: http://beyondbokeh.blogspot.com/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/BeyondBokeh (reader link) Follow me on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DavidHancock