1970s

Pentax K-1000

August 19, 2016

The camera that launched a million hobbies. If you studied photography in School from the mid ’70s onwards, you probably […]

August 19, 2016

The AE-1 marked the introduction of micro-processor electronics to photography. For the first time microprocessors calculated exposure and timed the

August 18, 2016

The Canon A-1 was the first camera to offer micro-processor controlled, programmed auto-exposure, where both aperture and shutter were determined

August 18, 2016

Quite a solid camera, arguably introduced just a little late. The K1000 preceded it by a year, and with it

August 18, 2016

Introduced just 2 years after the ME, the ME Super is one of two cameras that replaced the first auto-mode

August 18, 2016

Aperture priority only automatic was a fairly bold move for a 35mm SLR in 1977, but the great handling of

August 18, 2016

In 1975 Pentax introduced a trio of cameras to launch the PK Bayonet mount, of which the K2 was the