The ESII actually uses four silver oxide 1.5 volt batteries, so this is moot in the ESII's case. The S76 (other codes exist for this battery, too -- LR44 and 357, I think) batteries the ESII uses are the same ones used by the K1000, MX, ME Super, Super Program, and many other Pentax and other brand cameras. They're readily available just about anywhere.
Joe
Fantastic!!! Joe Thanks for the information!!! Can you still get batteries for the SPs?
Cheers Andy
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Wilensky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question on Spotmatics
Hi, Andy,
I had an ESII for a while, and really liked it -- very heavy and substantial, but with an overall feel of the very expensive camera it was at the time (more than $600 in 1973, I think, with lens). It works wonderfully with SMC Takumar lenses (open aperture metering) and is only somewhat limited with Super-Takumar lenses in that you must stop the lens down to shooting aperture before exposure.
The light meter, even though it's uses CdS cells like the Spotmatic, seems more responsive. It has Pentax's first Super-Multi-Coated viewfinder eyepiece and has the built-in viewfinder blinds for exposures on a tripod where light entering the viewfinder could throw off the automatic exposure.
No memory lock, but it has exposure compensation. Manual shutter speeds are only available at 1/60 (flash synch), 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, and 1/1000, albeit without the light meter available.
Joe
Anybody has the Pentax Eletro Spotmatic ESII? How is it like? Very curious
Andy
