Re: Whatever happened to Pentax?

"Pudentame" <no.one@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
>> "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.
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>
> Well, the K100D and K10D names were specifically meant to recall fond 
> feelings many a photographer has for the K1000.

One of the members of the Camera Club that Im president of uses the K10D
and 
the results from it are excellent!

McK.