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    Pentax ME Super and the cheaper Pentax MV. Pentax ME, camerapedia Pentax ME, PentaxForums.com Pentax ME, Bojidar Dimitrov Pentax ME ad, 1979, Pentax Corporation...
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    The Pentax ME Super is a highly successful 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Pentax of Japan between 1979 and 1984. The camera was a development...
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  • mainly 35 mm SLRs – manufactured by Pentax (ペンタックス, Pentakkusu) Ricoh Imaging Corp. and its predecessors, Pentax Corporation (ペンタックス株式会社, Pentakkusu Kabushiki-gaisha)...
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    The Pentax ME F was an amateur level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd...
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  • Pentax K lens mount. Pentax K2 (1975–1980) Pentax KX (1975–1977) Pentax KM (1975–1977) Pentax K1000/1 (1975–1978) Pentax K2DMD (1976–1980) Pentax ME (1976–1980)...
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    The Pentax MX is a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Asahi Optical Co, later Pentax of Japan between 1976 and 1985. It was Pentax's flagship...
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    cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has since been used by all Pentax 35 mm and digital SLRs and also the MILC Pentax K-01. A number of other...
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    The Pentax K1000 (originally marked the Asahi Pentax K1000) is an interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, manufactured by Asahi...
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    Tests: Pentax ME-F," pp. 110–117 "Modern Photography's 46 Top Cameras: Annual Guide '83: Pentax ME F," p. 101 "Inside Your Camera: Pentax ME-F," pp....
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    The Pentax Auto 110 and Pentax Auto 110 Super were fully automatic single-lens reflex cameras manufactured by Asahi Pentax for use with Kodak 110 film...
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    The Pentax Super-A, also sold in some markets as the Pentax Super Program, was a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Pentax of Japan in the 1980s...
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    Pentax lenses were first badged as Takumar. The Takumar branded lenses were well respected for their line of Super Takumar, which designated the high performance...
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    professional single lens reflex cameras. Although the Nikon F3AF (1983), Pentax ME F and Chinon CE-5 already had presented autofocus single lens reflex cameras...
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    The Pentax LX is a 35mm single-lens reflex camera produced by Pentax in Japan. It was introduced in 1980 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Asahi Optical...
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    the first autofocus single-lens reflex camera, released in 1978. The Pentax ME-F, which used focus sensors in the camera body coupled with a motorized...
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    The Pentax MG is an entry-level, interchangeable lens, 35mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera manufactured by Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. from 1981 to...
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    known as the Pentax SF10 in the United States, and was first produced in 1988. It was Pentax's third Autofocus 35mm SLR after the Pentax ME F and the very...
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    known as the Pentax SF-1 in the United States, and was first produced in 1987. It was Pentax's second Autofocus 35mm SLR after the Pentax ME F. It was the...
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    the first full-autofocus cameras from other manufacturers, such as the Pentax ME F. As a lower-end camera, the AL-1 did not offer a long list of features...
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    Hoya and Pentax announced that Pentax, as the company ceasing to exist, will merge with and into Hoya on March 31, 2008. The acquired Pentax surveying...
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    1976, and the Seiko Metal Focal-Plane Compact (MFC), first used in the Pentax ME in 1977. The Leica Camera (originally E. Leitz) switched to a vertical...
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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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    capabilities such as the 1982/1983 Nikon F3AF; the poorly-performing Pentax ME F; and prototypes by Canon and Contax, such as the Yashica Contax 137...
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    autofocus system and was among the world's first autofocus zoom lenses (the Pentax ME F was the first ). The autofocus system was activated by a button on the...
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    Pentax Imaging Corp. and renamed the new subsidiary Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd. October 1, 2011: Ricoh announced the establishment of Pentax Ricoh...
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    mounted on Pentax K-01 PentaxForums.com. "HD vs. SMC Pentax Limited Primes Review". Retrieved 7 October 2015. PentaxForums.com. "PENTAX Imaging: PENTAX - smc...
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    school. As a teenager, he became interested in 35mm photography, using a Pentax ME camera that his mother gave to his father, but his father did not want...
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  • at Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School 1983-1986, where, using her father's Pentax ME II Super, her interest in photography began. Moving up to a Canon F1 at...
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  • photographer. Poet and friend Jim Mitchell sold Walker his first camera: a Pentax ME. Armed with his new camera, Walker traveled to the East Bay hills to capture...
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  • The Pentax smc FA 43mm F1.9 Limited is a normal prime lens for Pentax K-mount. It has also been sold as a Leica LTM-mount (M39 or L39) version in Japan...
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