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    between 1964 and 1976. All Pentax Spotmatics used the M42 screw-thread lens mount which was developed after World War II by Zeiss and Praktica. Asahi...
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  • would not surface on Pentax production cameras until the Electro-Spotmatic (ES) (automatic aperture-priority exposure) in 1971, ES II in 1973 and K2 (vertical...
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  • as Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SL (1968) — also sold as the Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic SL] Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP500 (1971) —...
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    Electric lenses Fujica ST705, ST801, ST901 Olympus FTL (1970) Pentax Spotmatic F, Electro Spotmatic (Japan only), ES and ESII (1975, 1971-3) Yashica Electro...
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    size. The Pentax 6×7 is an electromechanical design and shares much in concept with its smaller 135 format cousin the "Pentax Electro Spotmatic", however...
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    Museum: Camera Hall. Retrieved 7 January 2010. Anonymous, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II Operating Manual. Tokyo, Japan: Asahi Optical Co., Ltd., September...
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  • company Pentax was the first manufacturer to show an early prototype 35 mm behind-the-lens metering SLR camera, which was named the Pentax Spotmatic. The...
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    progression. 1971 Asahi Pentax Electro Spotmatic (Japan; name shortened to Asahi Pentax ES in 1972; called Honeywell Pentax ES in USA): first SLR with...
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    enthusiastic participant in this competition. The Asahi Pentax Electro Spotmatic (Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic ES in the USA) of 1971 was the first 35 mm SLR with...
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    universally adopted by Japanese SLRs such as the contemporary Nikon F and Pentax Spotmatic. The Ultramatic was released in 1963, which used the same lens mount...
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    has had over 25 calendars to her credit. Her first camera was a Pentax Spotmatic II that was very basic, followed by a Nikon camera that Howard "fell...
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    Yashica (redirect from Yashica FR-II)
    35 mm SLR camera which was similar to the Pentax Spotmatic camera made by the Asahi Optical Company (Pentax). The TL Electro also used a lighted exposure...
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    level SLRs of the mid-1960s, such as the Asahi (Honeywell in the USA) Pentax Spotmatic of 1964, but the quality of the internal components gave the FT strength...
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    mechanisms. In 1971, the Asahi Pentax Electro Spotmatic (Japan; name shortened to Asahi Pentax ES in 1972; called Honeywell Pentax ES in US) tied its electronically...
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    Asahi Optical's Pentax cameras and photographic equipment.: 153  These products were labeled "Heiland Pentax" and "Honeywell Pentax" in the U.S. In 1953...
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    pin Pentax K-F mount on the Asahi Optical Pentax ME F (1981, Japan) 35mm SLR camera with a TTL phase detection AF system for its unique SMC Pentax AF 35mm-70mm...
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    cameras with internal ("through-the-lens" or "TTL") meters (e.g., the Pentax Spotmatic) required that the lens be stopped down to the working aperture when...
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    Tamron (redirect from Tamron Di II)
    3 Di II VC PZD Macro / Tamron 16-300 mm f/3.5-6.3 Di II PZD Macro (model B016, variants B016E, B016N, B016S) Tamron SP AF 17–50 mm f/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical...
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    ISBN 1-883403-31-6 Comen, Paul. Magic Lantern Guides: Pentax Classic Cameras; K2, KM, KX, LX, M series, Spotmatic series. Magic Lantern Guides. Rochester, NY:...
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    Rollei (section World War II)
    modelled its design on the top-selling 35 mm SLR camera of the time, the Pentax Spotmatic, although it did not surpass it in quality. Rollei introduced a new...
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    continued to use the lens of the Vest Pocket Kodak, attached to a Pentax Spotmatic 35 mm camera. Shiotani said to his fellow photographers: You have to...
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