Candids with 1961 Asahi Pentax S3

[pentaxpete]

I used my 1961 Asahi Pentax S3 that I sold over 40 years ago and got back from the Guy as 'Not Working' and I lubricated all the cogs etc in the base-plate and it works ! Here I loaded a 24 shot 07/2005 dated 'Tudor' ( Fuji) 100 I rated at 64 ASA and home-processed in C41.
Floral Relaxation -- SMC Takumar 150mm f4 at f4 borrowed from my Spotmatic -F outfit.

Floral Relaxation by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Age Gap -- SMC Takumar 28mm f3.5 -- I had to crop a lot as lens was too wide

Age Gap by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

Dog Day : SMC Takumar 28mm f3.5
Dog Day by Peter Elgar, on Flickr

 

[Pioneer]

Looks like it was a great day to have the old girl out for a walk. Nice pix.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Great!

I can't imagine taking street photos with 135mm, well, I did it once. And I can't handle 28mm either for the street. I tried it on Canon FTb and on Leica. Too wide to control it for me. Especially for image in the middle.

 

[pentaxpete]

Ko.Fe : Yes -- I sometimes have the wrong lens on so I am going to try a short ZOOM next !
I have an old but FREE ! 'Auto-Optomax 3.5-4.5 35-70mm short zoom M42 fit and on same film I took a photo of a typical red British Bus and it is SHARP !! Amazing for a 'cheap' lens -- I have another 'Optomax' 80-200mm f4.5 zoom which is also sharp but very heavy for 'Street Photography'

 

[darinwc]

Great job Pete! I have a SV waiting for me to run some film through it. The early Pentax models really are gems. And in my opinion the best of the m42 cameras.

 

[Helios 1984]

The picture shot with the 150mm looks straight out of the 60's. Keep up the good work, Pete *thumbs up