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stuck. The camera had a mechanical shutter with speed range from 1000 to 1 and Bulb. The lightmeter is activated by a lever on the side of the camera, which also stopped down the lens. A Mercury battery (1.35 V Mallory RM640) was used to power the light metering system; however due to the way the
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stopped the lens down and switched on the metering which the camera displayed with a needle located on the side of the viewfinder. The use of stop-down light metering was at the time revolutionary, but it limited the capability of the lightmeter, especially in low light situations.
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had standardized and improved circuitry that addressed reliability issues in the original version. Two years later it was followed by the ES II. Special models could be special ordered with accessories such as Motor Drive, Data Back, etc.
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Honeywell Pentax; it was sold exclusively in the US and had an electronic interface for specific Honeywell Strobonar electronic flash units.
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Asahi Pentax and Pentax SLR 35mm
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pentaprism eye-level viewfinder with a microprism focusing screen
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The Asahi Pentax Way, Herbert
Keppler. 11ed 1979. Focal Press.
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joined the line. This camera, together with a revamped line of
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had the capability of metering without stopping the lens down.
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manufactured by the Asahi
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lenses with an aperture coupling prong in the lens mount.
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Cameras 1952–1989
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598:"Classic Cameras – Pentax Spotmatic"
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681:Pentax Spotmatic user manual
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575:Australian photographer
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776:Spotmatic SP 500 info
756:at Wikimedia Commons
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105:Sensor size
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608:10 October
584:References
240:Viewfinder
234:Viewfinder
218:Mechanical
125:Film speed
109:24 x 36 mm
82:Lens mount
666:1 January
656:"History"
563:Ira Cohen
459:Pentax SL
443:Spotmatic
392:Spotmatic
352:Honeywell
129:20 - 1600
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308:Praktica
174:metering
171:Exposure
161:Exposure
142:Focusing
68:Released
47:Overview
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547:bayonet
370:History
312:Takumar
285:cameras
263:Made in
254:Battery
249:General
214:Shutter
208:Shutter
193:FP or X
693:"AOHC"
537:Legacy
454:SP1000
336:, and
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543:K1000
450:SP500
304:Zeiss
267:Japan
226:range
189:Flash
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119:35 mm
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