Dang, it, you're right! I misremembered. The only real difference between my Honeywell Spotty and my Asahi Spotty is that "Honeywell" replaces "Asahi" on the front of the prism and just above that, an "H" in a rectangle replaces the "AOCo" logo.
I bought my first Spotty overseas. I wanted a Minolta 101, but they were sold out. The salesman in the PX showed me the Spotty, and said that it had better "glass" in the lenses than the Minolta. What finally sold me, however, were the brochures he had showing the same camera being sold in the US as a Honeywell, I name I knew and respected. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:18 PM, P. J. Alling <we [email protected]> wrote: > My Spot F has Honeywell emblazoned above Pentax on the front of the Prism, > Spotmatic F on the front right of the top plate facing forward and the Asahi > Optical Co logo on the top of the Prism facing forward. Covers all the > bases. I seem to remember the SPII being marked similarly but I could be > mistake, I sold that thirty years ago, cheap I might add. > > On 12/29/2010 2:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Actually that would be the HSDMP -- The Honeywell Spotmatic. I have >> one, and the name Pentax is not on it, just Spotmatic. >> >> Dan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
