DOH!!
On Jan 23, 2011, at 1:50 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > ES stood for electrospotmatic > > -- > J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) > Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ > > > -----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. -- 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.
