Overview | |
---|---|
Maker | Asahi Optical Co |
Type | SLR |
Lens | |
Lens mount | M42 screw mount |
Sensor/medium | |
Image sensor type | film |
Image sensor size | 24 x 36 mm |
Film format | 35 mm |
ASA/ISO range | 20 - 1600 |
Film speed detection | No |
Focusing | |
Focus | Manual focus |
Exposure/metering | |
Exposure | Manual exposure |
Average, through the lens (TTL) | |
Flash | |
Flash | FP or X |
Flash synchronization | 1/60 |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Mechanical |
Shutter speed range | 1000 - 1 , B |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | pentaprism eye-level viewfinder with a microprism focusing screen |
General | |
Battery | Earlier model (SP) use RM400 battery; later models use PX625, but 1.5 V silver oxide batteries can be used due to bridge circuit |
Made in | Japan |
Released | 1964 |
History[edit]
Model Range and variations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^Classic Cameras – Pentax Spotmatic
- ^http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?AsahiPentaxSpotmatic.html~mainFrame
- ^http://www.camerarepair.com/Used-Cameras/Pentax-SM-C210/Bodies-C212/Asahi-Pentax-Spotmatic-SP-Honeywell-Pentax-Spotmatic-P122/
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^http://www.pentax-manuals.com/markroberts/nat_cam_spii.pdf
- ^AOHCArchived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^Cecchi 1990, Asahi Pentax and Pentax SLR 35 mm Cameras 1952–1989, Hove Collectors Books
- ^The Guardian, 13 May 2011
- ^‘’The New York Times’’, 12 Sept 2016
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- The Asahi Pentax Way, Herbert Keppler. 11ed 1979. Focal Press.
- Asahi Pentax and Pentax SLR 35mm Cameras 1952-1989, Danilo Cecchi. 2006. MBI Publishing Company.
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