2020

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Pentax auto 110

Background This is a real oddity, a precision SLR designed around the tiny 110 film format. Pentax introduced this in […]

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Pentax Spotmatic SPII

Background Introduced in 1971 along with the line of S-M-C Takumar lenses – though still all metal without the rubber

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Pentax Spotmatic F

Background Launched in 1973, the Spotmatic F was the first Pentax to offer open-aperture TTL metering – 7 years after

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Canon F-1

This represents a turning point for Canon: their first professional grade camera, introduced in March of 1971 along with a

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Canon Pellix

This is a definite odd-ball, and example of creativity attempting to solve an engineering problem: how do you capture light

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Olympus OM10

In 1972 Olympus introduced their OM line, and reset consumer expectations for the size and heft of a 35mm camera

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Pentax KM

Essentially an Spotmatic F, the KM is what many feel the K1000 should have been. Introduced alongside the KX in

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Pentax KX

1975 saw the introduction of the KX as the advanced-amateur model in the Pentax K series lineup, seen as one

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Pentax MV1

Surprisingly, given it’s decidedly amateur auto-only positioning, this MV1 was “rode hard and put away wet”. It’s one of the

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Pentax MX

Introduced in 1977, and produced until 1985, the MX represented the flagship of Pentax’s 35mm line. Unlike the ME and

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