Pentax Spotmatic Spotmatic Manual - Page 4

Honeywell

Pentax

Spotmatic

When

the

Pentax

Spotmatic

was

in-

troduced

to

the

public

at

the

1960

Photokina,

the

photographic

world's

fair

in

Cologne,

Germany,

it

attract-

ed

immediate

and

keen

attention.

Not

available

for

purchase

at

that

time,

it

was

a

model

of

the

advanced

features

and

design

that

would

be

in-

corporated

into

cameras

of

the

future.

Four

years

of

extensive

research,

exhaustive

experiments

and

intensive

testing

followed

before

it

became

available

to

serious

amateur

and

pro-

fessional

photographers

in

late

1964.

With

its

unique

behind

-the

-lens

ex-

posure

meter

of

entirely

new

design,

the

Honeywell

Pentax

Spotmatic

is

now

more

than

just

another

camera

..

.

it

is

a

new

concept

in

photography.

Hidden

within

the

camera

body,

its

through

-the

-lens

meter

utilizes

two

highly

sensitive

Cadmium

Sulfide

sensors

to

accurately

measure

light

seen

by

the

camera's

lens

as

it

is

re-

flected

from

the

subject

being

photo-

graphed.

Therefore,

by

measuring

the

light

as

it

passes

through

the

lens

and

matching

the

exposure

needle

as

seen

through

the

viewfinder,

you

can

be

assured

of

properly

exposed

pic-

tures

under all

but

the

most

impos-

sible

lighting

conditions.

Macro-

or

microphotography

pictures

with

tele-

photo

lenses

or

with

filters

.

..

the

Honeywell

Pentax

Spotmatic

will

give

you

correctly

exposed

photo-

graphs

without

the

use

of

external

meters

or

the

need

for

cumbersome,

time-consuming

calculations!

The

Spotmatic

may

also

be

set

manually

the

same

as

any

other

quality

35mm

camera

if

special

light-

ing

or

selective

focus

effects

are

de-

sired.

Just

leave

the

exposure

meter

switch

in

its

OFF

position

and

select

the

f/stop

and

speed

settings

for

the

required

effects.

The

traditional

classic

design

and

simple

elegance

associated

with

ear-

lier

models

of

the

famous

Pentax

have

been

retained

in

the

Spotmatic

despite

the

incorporation

of

many

highly

advanced

features.

Meticu-

lously

constructed

by

master

crafts-

men,

the

Pentax

cameras

remain

the

standard

of

excellence

and

precision

in

the

world

of

35mm

single

-lens

-

reflex

cameras.

You

will

find

the

Honeywell

Pen

-

tax

Spotmatic

even

more

versatile

than

the

famous

Pentax

H3v.

Its

new

50mm

f/1.4

and

55mm

f/1.8

Super-

Takumar

lenses

with

completely

au-

tomatic

diaphragm

will

satisfy

the

demands

of

even

the

most

critical

professional.

Like

the

Hla

and

H3v,

the

Honeywell

Pentax

Spotmatic

has

a

42mm

threaded

lens

mount

that

accepts

any

of

the

superb

Takumar

lenses

from

the

ultra

-wide-angle

17

mm

Takumar

to

the

super

-telephoto

1000mm

Takumar.

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