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-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 1:38 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Re: Enablement - Pentax ES "Electronic Shutter" - thanks Jeffery, I didn't know/did not figure that out. Yeah, that's right - it's step less. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 23, 2011 17:14 "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Ah, I remember lusting after that camera in about 1970. One of my > earlier concerns with the Spotmatic I was using was that shutter > speeds were in 1-f-stop detentes, and I was using Kodachrome (with not > much latitude). The mere idea of a stepless shutter that could give > you 1/243 of a second seemed so precise to me back then. I even recall > the 1970 hype on it. The ES was for electronic shutter, but one author > said that it should stand for "exposure simplicity". > > Jeffery > > > > On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Jens wrote: > > > A friend of mine wanted my Minolta Autocord. > > I won't be using it much, since I recently got my Pentax 67. So he > > made me an offer - his Asahi Pentax ES w. 1.4 50mm Takumar. It uses > > almost the same kind of batteries like the P67 - and my Minolta > > flash meter. Quite convenient. I guess Silver or Lithium is not a > > big deal. > > > > What a nice camera. Actually very similar to the K2 (Shuatter > > Automatics), except for the screw mount lenses and no mirror lock > > up. The secreen is very bright and easy to fucus with. > > > > Now I willt look in my Spotmatic bag to see if I have other lenses I > > may use with the ES. > > > > When I started shooting with an SLR - the ES was the hottest camera > > in the store. At that time I couldn't afford it. > > -- > > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
