The ES II uses 76 series silver oxide batteries (Everready EPX76, Duracell MS76, Maxell SR44, Panasonic G13, Rayovac RS76, Varta V76PX, and others designated as S76 or just 76). 76 series batteries remain available.
The ES uses a 544 silver oxide battery (and equivalent under other designations) which should be available.
The SP, SPII, and SPIIA original equipment battery was the E400N, a defunct mercury battery.
Regards, Lewis
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
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