Electro Spotmatic was Japan only model, for a year. It has component circuitry that was replaced with more modern electronics in the ES. At that time, they also changed the polarity of the camera so the battery goes in the 'other way around.' Regards, Bob S.
On 1/13/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pål Jensen" > Subject: Re: Recent thread on 85's and 77's > > > > >> Technically no, the first camera to do these things > >> was the Pentax Electrospotmatic which was similar > >> to but actually a different earlier model than the > >> ES. > > > > > > Wasn't the Electro Spotmatic just the prototype of the ES? > > I believe it was a Japan only model. > > William Robb > > >
