The Spotmatic F It's been some time since I made a review post about the Spotmatic line of cameras. If you haven't read it, have a look first on my old post about them ( link here ). This is more like a long winded lasting impressions post. I sold the first spotmatic soon after I made the original post in 2015. I didn't think it was for me, at that point I was after a good AF SLR camera that would get the job done with minimum fuss. A couple of years later, another Spotmatic came my way, this time together with two Takumar lenses (28f/3.5 and 55f/1.8). Over a period of few months (and without putting any particular effort) I gathered a few more M42 lenses. So overall I ended up with: * The Takumars: both very good lenses. Performed like modern lenses, I couldn't fault them. * The Helios 58f/2: A good lens to own and shoot but recently I feel that they receive an internet hype that do not necessary deserve. * A Pentacon 50f/1.8: not bad - not great, these len...
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