Prior to the ES and ES II there was an Electro Spotmatic. Made only for the Japanese market. This one had not so good/reliable electronics. So I guess it's important not to confuse the ES with the older Electro Spotmatic. So I prefere the Electronic Shutter explanation.
BTW: I s there a screw mount web site - similar to the K-Mount web site? Anyway I think the ES is a fine camera. Its seems very easy to use. I can't believe it's almost 40 years old :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jan 23, 2011 21:49 "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
