Fred wrote: > > For the Electro Spotmatic, the ES and ESII, the black ones are the > > common ones and the chrome versions are the rare ones. For all > > other screwmounts, the black ones are indeed the rare versions. > > Were there ever actually any Electro Spotmatic bodies in chrome? (I > do believe that the ES and the ES II were made in chrome (although > that is the uncommon color).
Never seen one, neither in picture nor alive. The rarest black M42 Asahi Pentax camera should be the original AP or the S (earlier models in Asahi Pentax range). Somebody could be interested in knowing that some 6x7 were also made in chrome finish (body), with black pentraprism. They were very early production. Dario
