I prefer to consider the ES a simplified renaming of the electrospotmatic. Its too coincidental to be otherwise to me.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jens Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: RE: Re: Enablement - Pentax ES I guess that the ES meant the final goodbye to the Spotmatic line of cameras. The earlier model - the Electro Spotmatic being the last one. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 23, 2011 22:02 "Brian Walters" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:50 -0500, "J.C. O'Connell" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > ES stood for electrospotmatic > > > > > Yeah, JC's right. They actually made a version that was labelled > "Electro Spotmatic" rather than ES. I think it sold mainly in Japan. > I have one (jammed, sadly). > > My working ES has been sitting on a shelf with a half exposed film for > over a year. Just can't seem to get the opportunity to finish off > the > roll - or, (more likely) I'm just too lazy. I last took in out when > Dave Mann was in Sydney in December but I only shot off a couple of > frames at the time. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > -- > > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) > > Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Jens > > Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:38 PM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Re: Enablement - Pentax ES > > > > > > > > "Electronic Shutter" - thanks Jeffery, I didn't know/did not figure > > that out. Yeah, that's right - it's step less. > > > > Regards > > Jens > > -- > > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > > > On Jan 23, 2011 17:14 "Jeffery Smith" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Ah, I remember lusting after that camera in about 1970. One of my > > > > > > earlier concerns with the Spotmatic I was using was that shutter > > > speeds were in 1-f-stop detentes, and I was using Kodachrome (with > > > not > > > much latitude). The mere idea of a stepless shutter that could > > > give > > > you 1/243 of a second seemed so precise to me back then. I even > > > recall > > > the 1970 hype on it. The ES was for electronic shutter, but one > > > author > > > said that it should stand for "exposure simplicity". > > > > > > Jeffery > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Jens wrote: > > > > > > > A friend of mine wanted my Minolta Autocord. > > > > I won't be using it much, since I recently got my Pentax 67. So > > > > he made me an offer - his Asahi Pentax ES w. 1.4 50mm Takumar. > > > > It uses > > > > almost the same kind of batteries like the P67 - and my Minolta > > > > > > > > flash meter. Quite convenient. I guess Silver or Lithium is not > > > > a big deal. > > > > > > > > What a nice camera. Actually very similar to the K2 (Shuatter > > > > Automatics), except for the screw mount lenses and no mirror > > > > lock > > > > up. The secreen is very bright and easy to fucus with. > > > > > > > > Now I willt look in my Spotmatic bag to see if I have other > > > > lenses I may use with the ES. > > > > > > > > When I started shooting with an SLR - the ES was the hottest > > > > camera in the store. 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