Pentax collection reaching critical numbers

[belgiumreporter]

While updating the exell sheets on camera's in the collection i noticed i've now past the number 50 on the Pentax sheet.

As a Nikon collector this is a bit alarming because it would be sacriledge to have more Pentaxes than Nikons no? Still the Nikons are in the lead but the gap is closing!

Here's they are after i took them out of the display case to dust them off and do some re-arranging while putting them back.

The chrome ones:



The black ones:



Can you recognise them all? If you could pick one, wich one would that be?

[julio1fer]

Excel sheets, that is impressive record keeping. Nothing wrong with Pentax count getting close to Nikon!

I recognize a few of these. However I do not get those strange prisms (?) in the chrome series.

My favorite is the simple K-1000, with the ME (when working) a close second. But the Spotmatics are also nice user cameras.

My Pentax set is way smaller: two Spotmatics, a K-1000 (main camera for 20 years) and a non-working ME. And a few lenses. Never intended to collect, anyway.

[belgiumreporter]

Oct 5, 2021 20:58:56 GMT -5 julio1fer said:

I recognize a few of these. However I do not get those strange prisms (?) in the chrome series.

Those are the (pre spotmatic) early pentaxes with add-on meters.

[julio1fer]

Thanks. I had seen references to these prisms in old books.