Spidersnaps: Spot-On
Dec. 27th, 2025 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spiderbraidsHere's a very special one... In 2024, my father showed me that he had a Pentax Spotmatic F, a classic 1970's film SLR as opposed to my usual point-and-shoots, and told me that if I was interested, I could go have it cleaned... I finally got it cleaned at Mega Plaza (near the roadway arch seen in a couple previous rolls) for something THB1500 in January 2025, and loaded it with Kodak Vision3 250D for THB260 :-) Chris Chinnock called the Pentax Spotmatic F "very well made and very simple camera with no bells and whistles, it just does what you need it to do without getting in the way." While Jim Grey called it "Pentax's ultimate achievement, M42 screw mount at its best. And for me one of the top 3 Pentax cameras ever built." High praise, and well-deserved :-)
It took almost the entire year to get through this roll, since the camera was too large and heavy to take to uni every day for use as a daily beater, though I did do so for a few days early on, but I mostly took shots near and around my home, with the camera making a larger thunking sound than my usual point-and-shoots... That said, even as a "basic" SLR, having a light meter, adjustable shutter time, and a focusable lens opens up opportunities that my daily beaters could never hope to achieve, like closeups, great indoor/nighttime shots, or freezing quick sports action, and many of the shots look so much better (and sharper :-)) that either of them would have made :-)
Film and camera
Flowering tree
Flower close-ups
Uni columns
Donation presentation at the uni sign
Volleyball practice
Sound of the Northeast
Student running event
Paknam Buddha, still under renovation at the time
Samyan Mitrtown entrance promoting the Chinese New Year
Full moon from my house
Chinese New Year decorations at Mitrtown
Employee athletics
Chinese New Year decorations at local mall
Local mall had a couple expositions of exotic pets, so many of my snaps are from there: Tortoise
Owl
Volleyball action
Freshmen basketball
Bird in a tree
Employee petanque
Freshmen swimming
Wallflowers
Decoration for a Valentine match making event
Fallen flower petals on a deck at uni
Raintree with flowers
Iguana
The light meter battery apparently ran out near the end of the roll, and my attempt to Sunny-16 this picture of a pygmy horse with a longer exposure and wider aperture still ended up underexposed
It took almost the entire year to get through this roll, since the camera was too large and heavy to take to uni every day for use as a daily beater, though I did do so for a few days early on, but I mostly took shots near and around my home, with the camera making a larger thunking sound than my usual point-and-shoots... That said, even as a "basic" SLR, having a light meter, adjustable shutter time, and a focusable lens opens up opportunities that my daily beaters could never hope to achieve, like closeups, great indoor/nighttime shots, or freezing quick sports action, and many of the shots look so much better (and sharper :-)) that either of them would have made :-)
Film and camera
Flowering tree
Flower close-ups
Uni columns
Donation presentation at the uni sign
Volleyball practice
Sound of the Northeast
Student running event
Paknam Buddha, still under renovation at the time
Samyan Mitrtown entrance promoting the Chinese New Year
Full moon from my house
Chinese New Year decorations at Mitrtown
Employee athletics
Chinese New Year decorations at local mall
Local mall had a couple expositions of exotic pets, so many of my snaps are from there: Tortoise
Owl
Volleyball action
Freshmen basketball
Bird in a tree
Employee petanque
Freshmen swimming
Wallflowers
Decoration for a Valentine match making event
Fallen flower petals on a deck at uni
Raintree with flowers
Iguana
The light meter battery apparently ran out near the end of the roll, and my attempt to Sunny-16 this picture of a pygmy horse with a longer exposure and wider aperture still ended up underexposed
