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Ralf R Radermacher
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 4:06 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/09/beatles-paul-mccartney-photos-early-60s-show-london
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Bob W PDML
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 4:32 PM
On 9 Aug 2025, at 17:06, Ralf R Radermacher pdml@uebra.de wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/09/beatles-paul-mccartney-photos-early-60s-show-london
> On 9 Aug 2025, at 17:06, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/09/beatles-paul-mccartney-photos-early-60s-show-london
A Pentax S1a that George owned sold at auction for £4,750.
The fourth picture in this little gallery is, I think, meant to show him fiddling about with it - which I assume is why the first picture shows the lens cap upside down. However the camera in the fourth picture seems to me to be an SV, not an S1a.
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19801/lot/308/george-harrison-an-asahi-pentax-s1a-camera-in-case-1960s/
The S1a is a fantastic camera.
A propos, Spike Milligan’s Pentax sold on eBay last week.
https://ebay.us/m/hQAzmF
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Alan Cole
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 5:39 PM
I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from
1962 until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B
body with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME
Super later. Sold the Praktika combo to a lady in CapeTown when I went
digital in 2013. The defunct S1a is now the subject of a table lamp.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/19174019891/
Alan C
On 09/08/2025 18:32, Bob W PDML wrote:
On 9 Aug 2025, at 17:06, Ralf R Radermacher pdml@uebra.de wrote:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/09/beatles-paul-mccartney-photos-early-60s-show-london
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I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from
1962 until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B
body with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME
Super later. Sold the Praktika combo to a lady in CapeTown when I went
digital in 2013. The defunct S1a is now the subject of a table lamp.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/19174019891/
Alan C
On 09/08/2025 18:32, Bob W PDML wrote:
>> On 9 Aug 2025, at 17:06, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote:
>>
>> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/09/beatles-paul-mccartney-photos-early-60s-show-london
> A Pentax S1a that George owned sold at auction for £4,750.
>
> The fourth picture in this little gallery is, I think, meant to show him fiddling about with it - which I assume is why the first picture shows the lens cap upside down. However the camera in the fourth picture seems to me to be an SV, not an S1a.
>
> https://www.bonhams.com/auction/19801/lot/308/george-harrison-an-asahi-pentax-s1a-camera-in-case-1960s/
>
> The S1a is a fantastic camera.
>
> A propos, Spike Milligan’s Pentax sold on eBay last week.
> https://ebay.us/m/hQAzmF
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Postmaster
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 5:48 PM
Damn, it's too late! Lisa and I are in London now but going home tomorrow.
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Bob W PDML
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 7:53 PM
On 9 Aug 2025, at 18:40, Alan Cole cole@lantic.net wrote:
I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962 until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super later. Sold the Praktika combo to a lady in CapeTown when I went digital in 2013. The defunct S1a is now the subject of a table lamp.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/19174019891/
That’s very clever!
> On 9 Aug 2025, at 18:40, Alan Cole <cole@lantic.net> wrote:
>
> I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962 until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super later. Sold the Praktika combo to a lady in CapeTown when I went digital in 2013. The defunct S1a is now the subject of a table lamp.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/19174019891/
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John Francis
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 9:48 PM
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Alan Cole wrote:
I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962
until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body
with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super ...
My first Pentax was a Spotmatic II bought (along with a 50mm/f1.4)
with my first paycheck from my first full-time job.
I moved to a K-mount with an MX (stil my favourite Pentax film body),
adding an ME and a few more lenses on an overnight stopover in Singapore
while on my way from England to a one-year assignment in New Zealand.
I eventually moved into the auto-focus world with a PZ-1p, and when
the *ist-D came along I took my first step into the digital world.
I eventually moved to a K10D, and then to a K-5, adding a variety
of lenses over the years.
Some four years ago, after much deliberation, I decided that for the
kind of photography I expected to be doing I would probably do better
with a micro 4/3 body, and bought myself an Olympus M1X along with
the 12-100 and 40-150 zooms. Those (along with a 2xTC) gave me about
as much versatility as I had with my entire range of Pentax lenses,
but weighed a great deal less! The one thing I didn't have was a
good backup body, but when a local camera shop put a new-in-box
M1X on sale last year at half the Olympus list price I was even
able to take care of that problem...
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Alan Cole wrote:
> I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962
> until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body
> with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super ...
My first Pentax was a Spotmatic II bought (along with a 50mm/f1.4)
with my first paycheck from my first full-time job.
I moved to a K-mount with an MX (stil my favourite Pentax film body),
adding an ME and a few more lenses on an overnight stopover in Singapore
while on my way from England to a one-year assignment in New Zealand.
I eventually moved into the auto-focus world with a PZ-1p, and when
the *ist-D came along I took my first step into the digital world.
I eventually moved to a K10D, and then to a K-5, adding a variety
of lenses over the years.
Some four years ago, after much deliberation, I decided that for the
kind of photography I expected to be doing I would probably do better
with a micro 4/3 body, and bought myself an Olympus M1X along with
the 12-100 and 40-150 zooms. Those (along with a 2xTC) gave me about
as much versatility as I had with my entire range of Pentax lenses,
but weighed a great deal less! The one thing I didn't have was a
good backup body, but when a local camera shop put a new-in-box
M1X on sale last year at half the Olympus list price I was even
able to take care of that problem...
AS
ann sanfedele
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 9:56 PM
On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Alan Cole wrote:
I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962
until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body
with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super ...
...The one thing I didn't have was a
good backup body.
On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 07:39:18PM +0200, Alan Cole wrote:
>> I had one of those with Supertaks 55/2 and 135/3.5 which I used from 1962
>> until 1992 when the cloth shutter ripped. I bought a Praktica MTL5B body
>> with built in meter so I could still use the lenses. Added an ME Super ...
> ...The one thing I didn't have was a
> good backup body.
I / still don't have one..
ann/
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John Francis
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 10:02 PM
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 05:56:29PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote:
On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
...The one thing I didn't have was a good backup body.
I /??still don't have one..
ann/
Are we still talking cameras?
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 05:56:29PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote:
>
>
> On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
> > ...The one thing I didn't have was a good backup body.
> I /??still don't have one..
>
> ann/
Are we still talking cameras?
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ann sanfedele
Sat, Aug 9, 2025 10:17 PM
oh..
On 8/9/2025 6:02 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 05:56:29PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote:
On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
...The one thing I didn't have was a good backup body.
I /??still don't have one..
ann/
Are we still talking cameras?
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oh..
On 8/9/2025 6:02 PM, John Francis wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 09, 2025 at 05:56:29PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote:
>>
>> On 8/9/2025 5:48 PM, John Francis wrote:
>>> ...The one thing I didn't have was a good backup body.
>> I /??still don't have one..
>>
>> ann/
> Are we still talking cameras?
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