[Leica] WAS Re: LUG Year Book - JIM

[Sonny Carter]

Correct.  The design originally was to have been a spot meter, but tests
showed that users had difficulty using it, so it was changed to a
center-weight TTL meter, one of the first around.

The change came too close to production, and the camera shells and much of
the advertising was already directed to "Spotmatic" so the name stuck.

I bought my first one from Asahi Camera Company in Yokohama, and my father
bought a second for me at the BX at Tan San Nuitt AFB, Vietnam.

Both came with goop over the Asahi Pentax nameplate to clear customs, as
Honeywell was the vendor for Pentax back then.

These were my first SLR cameras.  and I used them from 1966 until I
switched to Nikon for work in 1972.

I sold my Pentax kit to the Haydel Brothers, famous for introducing filled
King Cakes to New Orleans.

Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 4:21 AM Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> It just reminds me of the a key " not a Spotmatic" thing.
> And that’s a spot.
> We assume the Spotmatic had a spot meter in it.
> It did not. They were going to put one in but it didn’t happen.
> But they called it a Spotmatic anyways.
> I used one often in the early 70's as I'd take one out for the weekend
> from school.
> Could never find the spot.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
>
> On 10/1/19, 4:22 PM, "LUG on behalf of Philippe via LUG"
> <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>
>     Jim,
>
>     On top of my Spotmatic F, I had an ESII which was probably the last
> 42mm issued before the K series. It had the 42mm thread, but was not a
> Spotmatic ;-)
>
>     Some of the lenses were great!  I miss my younger years more than the
> 42mm thread though :-)
>
>     Amities
>
>     Philippe
>
>
>
>     > Le 1 oct. 2019 à 22:14, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> a écrit :
>     >
>     > Gerry:
>     >
>     > Over ten years ago, I was a member of a Pentax group whose
> membership was 50-50 screw mount and bayonet.
>     >
>     > The former didn't want any posting which referred to cameras newer
> than Spotmatics, (1967) and would do much ranting whenever their wishes
> were not adhered to.  These members were known as the "Takumars"
>     >
>     > Whenever someone made a post about digital Pentax cameras there was
> hell to pay.
>     >
>     > It was like having a raven nipping on your shoulder spitting out a
> "Nevermore" whenever you broke their "rules"
>     >
>     > Eventually when I realized that the Takumars were really just camera
> collectors and not necessarily camera users... I left the list along with
> many others,
>     >
>     > There is no moral to the story.
>     >
>     > JimH
>     >
>     > P.S. A five year frequency? How many of us do you think will still
> be alive in five years.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 9/22/19 12:32 AM, Gerry Walden via LUG wrote:
>     >> I have come to the decision not to participate unless it is a LEICA
> yearbook and not a yearbook of general photographs taken on everything
> there is. If non-Leica images are deemed to be acceptable by others making
> decisions, then at the very least there should be a clear differentiation
> (i.e. a separate section) for the non-Leica images at the back of the book
> after the Leica section.
>     >>
>     >> As for general thoughts on the time frame, and because a number of
> people are shooting less with their Leicas, would it be an idea for these
> to be done every five years thus allowing for a (hopefully) bigger
> submission.
>     >>
>     >> Gerry
>     >>
>     >> Gerry Walden
>     >> www.gwpics.com
>     >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>     >> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> On 22 Sep 2019, at 05:13, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>> Just sharing my thoughts about this. Of course Brian will be
> holding the
>     >>>> mike and have the final say.
>     >>> The reason I haven't announced anything yet is that I've been
> hoping that more people will offer suggestions or express opinions.
>     >>>
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