Pentax Spotmatic F

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"The Asahi Pentax Spotmatic is one of the early successful Japanese cameras, with over 4 million sold between 1964 and 1977. The Spotmatics are well known for bringing stop-down Through-the-Lens (TTL) metering to the masses, with a light metering system that was easy to use, intuitive and affordable, becoming favorite SLR of enthusiasts and professionals at the time. Asahi Optical Company (later Pentax), presented the original prototype called Spot-Matic in Photokina 1960 designed by a team lead by Dr. Minoru Suzuki's with a spot-metering system; by the time sales began in 1964, coinciding with the Olympics in Tokyo, the metering…"

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