Tag: Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f1/.4

  • I recently purchased a shiny and new Pentax ES [Electro-Spotmatic] II camera. The latest-and-greatest from Pentax in 1973, I had been looking for something that would allow me to use the beautiful screw-mount lenses in the collection, but with onboard metering. None of the Spotmatics on the shelf have operating meters. It’s always a risk,…

  • Whenever I dig back into past photos, the route taken reminds me what we were up to. In the case of this post – and “on this day” from 2025 – we were definitely out to get cat food and groceries. What’s nice about revisiting this roll is not so much the content (we haunt…

  • Just a few photos made through this week. Fortunately, while the punishing heat remained with us for the beginning of the week, by Thursday, it tapered off some. While the daytime highs remain, well, high until tomorrow (30C), we’re much less humid and it’s all the more enjoyable. Today, Kathleen and I will be headed…