Asahi was a great company, that made superb glass and wonderful
state-of-the art cameras. IMHO, none of the corporate successors to the
Pentax brand have lived up to it.
For those who may not be aware of the name, "Asahi" is a popular brand name
in Japan, including Asahi Beer (which is
End of London, but I bought it's exact twin
in Adelaide about 15 years ago, and it
still works like new.
John in Brisbane
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From: ann sanfedele
Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2022 6:59 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentax Spotting
3mmm ? hmmm :-)
My first pentax
3mmm ? hmmm :-)
My first pentax was the 1000 with th standard recommended combo of
lenses to cover everything... 50,28,135 the 28mm instead of the 35mm
was suggeted to me but I can't remember who clue me about it..it was a
great decision. I still have that 28mm I bought in 1975.
ann
On
I purchased my spotty from a PX in the far East.
I was looking for a Minolta 101 SLR, which a friend had let me try, but it
was sold out. The PX camera guy said that Asahi made the best glass in the
world, and also showed me ads that indicated Honeywell was selling it under
its own name in the
Definitely an Asahi PENTAX Spotmatic, fitted with a 50mm f/1.4 Super Takamar
(that's most obvious in the third brief appearance at 0:32 into the clip).
All told I spotted the camera on-screen in seven different shots.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 01:01:10AM -0500, John wrote:
>
It's a new release coming up soon. I'm looking forward to it!
G
Godfrey
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> On Dec 11, 2018, at 10:11 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
> It looks like a Spotmatic F to be exact.
>
>> On 12/11/2018 12:16 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
>> The
It looks like a Spotmatic F to be exact.
On 12/11/2018 12:16 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message - From: "J.C. O'Connell"
Subject: Pentax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dy7xQ8NeE
On 12/11/2018 00:16:47, Ken Waller wrote:
The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message - From: "J.C. O'Connell"
Subject: Pentax
The film was "Welcome to Marwen" and I think it is an Asahi Spotmatic.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: "J.C. O'Connell"
Subject: Pentax spotting
just saw a tv commercial for a new film
and it clearly shows a character using
On Apr 18, 2010, at 8:32 AM, frank theriault wrote:
Saw Milk with Sean Penn yesterday on DVD (tremendous performance by
Penn - definitely Oscar-worthy). Several scenes with clicking
cameras, many of which were Spotmatics.
And Sean didn't punch the photographers? Guess he really was in
Do pregnant ones count?
Bob Walkden wrote:
Maybe it's more like one of Stallone's first movies, Death Race 2000. It's
basically a really cheesy flick about a race accross America where you
score points for killing people, and the winner becomes the next President.
if you don't actually
Ernest Alejandria wrote:
Estella Warren and a 67 in a movie should make it an automatic thumbs-up.
And Gena Gershon!
But since it's a Stallone movie, it's probably just another reincarnation of
the old and tired Rocky theme. :)
If only it were that good ...
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John Francis [EMAIL
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
Ryan Brooks wrote:
- Quick shot of a 67 in the movie Driven.
Well, I guess now I have to see it.
It'll take more than that to get me into a cinema to see this.
Heck, I turned down an offer of the premiere showing, complete
with pre-movie access to the stars (but
John Francis wrote:
Ernest Alejandria wrote:
Estella Warren and a 67 in a movie should make it an automatic thumbs-up.
And Gena Gershon!
And Estella's a fine Canadian girl.
-Aaron
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