Jim, Like you I have no intention of leaving Pentax. I just wish they were a little more aggressive and able to push the market instead of follow along. Oh, well. I do love the glass!
Bruce Dayton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Apilado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: Re: Bizarro PDML! (Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!) > I was excited when I read that Pentax was coming out with a TTL metering > system in the Spotmatic. I had a Honeywell Pentax H3 (still have it) and > was looking forward to this new technology. > I have stayed with Pentax over the years. I acquired a lot of SMC Takumars > that I am happy to still be using with the newer Pentax SLR's I now own - > LX, SF1n, and PZ1-P. I don't know if I could do it had I gone with Nikon > back in the early 60's. > > Jim A. > > > From: Frank Theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:32:49 -0400 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Bizarro PDML! (Re: The REAL reason the Pentax MX rules!) > > > > dick graham wrote: > > > >> A few months ago Phototechnique or 35mm Photo ( one of those magazines) > >> listed their version of the top 25 cameras of all time. Included in the 25 > >> was the Pentax Spotmatic. Why you may ask did they include it. Because, > >> they said, it was the life support system for those marvelous Super Takumar > >> lenses of the 60's and early 70's that could stand up to the best Germany > >> had to offer. > > > > True enough, dick, > > > > I can think of a couple of other reasons. > > > > Firstly, the Spotmatic is a historically significant camera, being the first > > with ttl metering (yes, Topcon came to market with a ttl 35 mm slr a few > > months > > earlier, but it was cumbersome, as you had to dial in the speed of each lens > > that you attached - and theirs was not commercially successful) > > > > Secondly, Pentax sold a ton of them! Millions, in fact. In the mid-to-late > > 60's, the Spotmatic outsold slr's made by Nikon, Canon, Minolta and the other > > Japanese manufacturers - combined. The most popular slr in the world, and the > > second most popular among pros (after the Nikon F series), they truly had an > > incredible line of accessories, and as you said, those lovely Takumar lenses. > > > > If you consider the fact that K1000's were basically a bayonet mount > > Spotmatic, > > and that K1000 knock-offs are still being made by some of the factories from > > which Pentax sourced K1000's in China at the end of its run (Mingca still > > makes > > them in China, I think), the Spotmatic and its direct descendants have had a > > 37 > > year run - which is still going. > > > > I think it's fair to say that the Spotmatic was the first "modern" ttl metered > > 35mm slr and certainly popularized the breed among pros and amateurs alike. > > I'd say it belongs on a list of historically significant cameras. > > > > regards, > > frank > > > >> > >> > > > > -- > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > > fears it is true." -J. Robert > > Oppenheimer > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
