My fist Pentax was an "Asahi Pentax Spotmatic." In 1966, I was serving in the Marine Corps in Viet Nam. I was interested in getting a better camera, and a friend showed me a new Minolta 101 SLR he had purchased in the main PX in Da Nang. When I got a chance, I went to the same PX and asked for the Minolta. They were sold out. The guy working in the PX said that the had a similar camera, made by Asahi, that was sold in the US under the "Honeywell" brand. Since I was more familiar with Honeywell than either Minolta or Asahi, this impressed me. The clerk closed the sale by advising me that Asahi made the best glass of any of the Japanese camera. I don't know how he knew that back then, but he was certainly right.
Dan M ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Sid Barras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:32:12 -0500 >The "favorite" pentax poll generated lots of good stuff. Got me to >thinking about my first pentax. > >Mine was a P 30t, but came as a gift, so I don't know if it counts. >The first one of my own choosing was a spotmatic, a real "user" off >ebay, and it came with a 20 pound sack full of lenses-- the 28(3.5), >50(1.4), 105(2.8), 135(3.5) and 200(4)super taks. The fifty was a >"user" too, but the others were near mint, with cases. Since then, >I've been a fan (as described by Bob Blakely) of pentax equipment. >I've owned nearly every body, and as many lenses as a poor amateur >can afford. > >Sid B in cajunland. ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the KillerWebMail system at stanleypmlaw.com
