On Jan 25, 2011, at 2:19 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > I prefer to consider the ES a simplified renaming of the electrospotmatic. > Its too coincidental to be otherwise to me. > That seems to be the consensus opinion on this. I've read that numerous times. Paul > -- > 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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