Re: Whatever happened to Pentax?

"Happy Traveler" <happy_traveler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>I have a Spotmatic SPII -- still in good working order. It's a classic,
but 
>in spite of the catchy name, it only measures some sort of
center-weighted 
>average. Don't believe that the Spotmatic, or even its early 1980's 
>successors (like the ME Super that I also have)  ever did any more than 
>that. On the other hand, film is a lot more tolerant of overexposure than

>digital, so spot measuring for highlights was not as big a deal as it is 
>now...
>
>
> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>
>> Well, sort of.  If my memory isn't too fuzzy, I think that they "said" 
>> they were going to make the first SLR with spot metering -- the 
>> Spotmatic. Pentax made a pre-production model according to its claims, 
>> but when it hit production the spot sensoring turned out to be a couple

>> of sensors that really only read an average of the light in the 
>> viewfinder.  I'm not sure if they later modified the spotmatic to 
>> actually use spot metering, or whether one of the other giants got it 
>> into production first.
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>


Yes, that is a classic.

I read something on the net a while back that Pentax wants to revive the 
concept / name with a digital version.  Have you heard anything about
that?

Take Good Care of Your Classic,
Dudley