Category: Pentax

Pentax Super Program / Super A Not to be left behind in the electronic cameras race, in 1983 Pentax introduced the Super Program, also sold as Super A. A neat camera, but one needs to speak Pentaxian or read the manual which is rarely done. It carried over the ME Super control panel, rather than using civilized selector dials. New...

Pentax ME / ME Super In 1976, alongside the quintessential  K1000, Pentax had lined itself with the electronic era by presenting the ME and thereafter the ME Super. Petite SLR cameras, with a futuristic-looking control panel on top. Not sure what was the rationale behind it, as it made a simple shooting complex. The Pentax ME camera is a tiny...

Pentax Spotmatic / SP The three Pentax cameras on my desk are Spotmatic SP, SP 1000 and SP 500. All look the same save for top speed variations on the SP 1000 and SP 500, being the top speeds respectively, and the self-timer on the Spotmatic. The Spotmatic, introduced in the ’60s, and the SP’s later in the ’70s, look...

Pentax K1000 They say that if you see one mouse in the house there many more ready to come out. Same with the Pentax K1000. It is in a good company of the AE1 and the Olympus Trip, not to mention the Polaroids that pop out of any nook and cranny. It seems that by law each family had to...