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Post by Rachel on Mar 18, 2009 13:54:14 GMT -5
Another recent acquisition ...
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Post by GeneW on Mar 18, 2009 16:01:53 GMT -5
Rachel,
This is one nice looking Pentax! I guess I'm not the only one to appreciate some of the 'modern' SLRs :-)
Gene
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Post by Randy on Mar 18, 2009 16:04:14 GMT -5
I've never heard of that one. The translucent panel must be for metering, eh?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2009 16:42:57 GMT -5
That is a pretty piece of equipment. New to me, too.
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Post by PeterW on Mar 18, 2009 17:21:26 GMT -5
Glad I'm not the only one who hadn't heard of it before! Quite an elegant looking camera, more along the lines of 'traditional' SLRS like the Canon A1 than some of the modern ones. Nice acquistion.
PeterW
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Post by nikonbob on Mar 18, 2009 17:26:57 GMT -5
OK, I don't feel so bad now admitting that I have never heard of that model before. Thanks guys. Sure is a good looking clean camera you have picked up. Was it available in chrome too?
Bob
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Post by PeterW on Mar 18, 2009 20:05:50 GMT -5
As I hadn't heard of the Pentax A before I did a spot of digging. As far as I can gather it dates from the 1980s and won the European Camera of the Year award (not sure who sponsored that) in 1983. I must have heard about it but I don't remember it. It was the first multi-mode camera made by Pentax but it had to have the A lens to use all the modes. With other Pentax PK mount lenses it would give aperture priority automatic or manual. Metering was TTL. Nothing would work without a battery. Sounds as if Pentax wanted to catch up with the Canon A1 of 1978, at least in specification. The little opaque window in the front of the pentaprism housing was to light up the shutter and aperture displays in the viewfinder. They could also be lit electrically in dim light by pressing a button. Standard finish was black top and baseplate. It was also sold as the Pentax Super Program with a chrome top and baseplate. Not to be confused with the Super Program A which was a lower spec camera. Pentax nomenclature does get complicated at times, don't it? Just another reason why I prefer Canons . PeterW
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Post by casualcollector on Mar 18, 2009 20:34:06 GMT -5
Pentax nomenclature does get complicated at times, don't it? Just another reason why I prefer Canons Hmmm, Pellix, Pellix QL, FT, FTb, FTbn, TL, TLb, TX, F-1, F-1n, F-1N, and that's the easy ones. For a real challenge go to their screw mount RF cameras!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2009 21:10:40 GMT -5
The body looks a lot like the Pentax LX, the company's last manual focus pro camera. I had an LX for a while. I really liked its size and the way it was designed. But it had intermitent electronics problems that I could never get completly solved so I eventually sold it.
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Post by Rachel on Mar 19, 2009 5:16:38 GMT -5
Thanks for all the response. Now that I've taken an interest in Pentax I must admit I do find the model numbering/naming a little confusing. Having "grown up" with Canon I'm more familiar with their progression but to a newcomer I expect it's equally confusing Wayne ... I saw a new Pentax LX (no lens or finder) in a camera shop window some years ago but my was it expensive? !! It was the same shop that was selling the Kodak/Nikon digital SLR that features in another thread on this board.
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Post by vintageslrs on Mar 19, 2009 7:55:53 GMT -5
Rachel I must also confess, I never heard of that model either. But I like its looks. Can it be also used in a fully manual mode? Enjoy it Bob
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Mar 19, 2009 8:11:07 GMT -5
Very nice. You're sure picking up some beautiful cameras lately. Pentax Super A is certainly the Super Program over here. I have one in silver. Super Program A is the Program Plus over here. One step down from the Super Program.
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Post by alexkerhead on Mar 20, 2009 1:55:28 GMT -5
Excellent camera!
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Post by Rachel on Mar 20, 2009 6:08:56 GMT -5
Can it be also used in a fully manual mode? Hi Bob ... yes it can be used in fully manual mode. You can change the shutter speed with up and down buttons. It's a bit like my Canon T70.
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Post by vintageslrs on Mar 20, 2009 8:01:50 GMT -5
Ahh...thank you, Rachel.
Sounds like a great find.
Enjoy Bob
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