Re: Whatever happened to Pentax?

"Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:xsJAj.75018$w57.21273@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Happy Traveler" <happy_traveler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:3eydnWhlAvzr_07anZ2dnUVZ_rmjnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>I have a Spotmatic SPII -- still in good working order. It's a classic, 
>>but in spite of the catchy name, it only measures some sort of 
>>center-weighted average. Don't believe that the Spotmatic, or even its 
>>early 1980's successors (like the ME Super that I also have)  ever did
any 
>>more than that. On the other hand, film is a lot more tolerant of 
>>overexposure than digital, so spot measuring for highlights was not as
big 
>>a deal as it is now...
>>
>>
>> "Dudley Hanks" <hanks.dudley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:IQGAj.69831$FO1.22055@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>
>
> 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

Indeed, I have a box full that I still use. :-)