Spotmatic

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Asahi Optical Co., Ltd.
DISTRIBUTOR: Honeywell
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan, Tokyo
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Pentax Spotmatic
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1964
PRODUCTION DATES: 1964-1971
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  55mm f/1.8 Takumar
  50mm f/1.4 Super Takumar
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "c1964. A totally new Pentax, the first with through-the-lens exposure
  metering. Named 'Spotmatic' because the prototype had spot meter, but
  production versions have averaging meter. Two CdS cells read light
  from ground glass focusing screen. Directly coupled to shutter & film
  speed setting. Photo-electrically coupled to lens diaphram (stop-down
  metering). New self-timer. Early versions of both Asahi and Honeywell
  models have a narrow meter switch; later ones have a wider switch.
  Standard lens is the new Super Takumar f1.4/50mm. Also sold with
  f1.8/55mm lens. FP shutter B, 1-1000." McKeown, 1994.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: A7892.00003
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 907

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 76.//