Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been binge-watching some of my old favorites from previous decades. Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season. Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on her portfolio. She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, clearly labeled as such. Looks just like the spotty I purchased back in 1967! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*

On Jan 3, 2022, at 22:04, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: > > Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been binge-watching some > of my old favorites from previous decades. > > Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season. > Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on her > portfolio. She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, > clearly labeled as such. Looks just like the spotty I purchased back in > 1967! That was what I bought back then, the S1A, with bellows and slide copier. I was stationed in Italy with a guy in security who'd make regular trips to Japan and I tasked him to bring me all that stuff on one trip, which he did, and I think I didn't pay a whole lot for it - much less than for a Honeywell-branded spotty, at any rate. -- "The stupidest virus is smarter than the smartest virologist." George Klein

I purchased my spotty from a PX in the far East. I was looking for a Minolta 101 SLR, which a friend had let me try, but it was sold out. The PX camera guy said that Asahi made the best glass in the world, and also showed me ads that indicated Honeywell was selling it under its own name in the states, Those two factors led me to buy the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, with 3 lenses, 50mm,3mmm and a 135mm, with a set of filters. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM Nolan Hinshaw <cearnog@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2022, at 22:04, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been binge-watching > some > > of my old favorites from previous decades. > > > > Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season. > > Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on her > > portfolio. She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, > > clearly labeled as such. Looks just like the spotty I purchased back in > > 1967! > > That was what I bought back then, the S1A, with bellows and slide copier. > I was stationed in Italy with a guy in security who'd make regular trips to > Japan and I tasked him to bring me all that stuff on one trip, which he > did, and I think I didn't pay a whole lot for it - much less than for a > Honeywell-branded spotty, at any rate. > -- > "The stupidest virus is smarter than the smartest virologist." > George Klein > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >

3mmm   ?  hmmm :-) My first pentax was the 1000 with th standard recommended combo of lenses to cover everything... 50,28,135  the 28mm instead of the 35mm was suggeted to me but I can't remember who clue me about it..it was a great decision.  I still have that 28mm I bought in 1975. ann On 1/4/2022 3:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I purchased my spotty from a PX in the far East. > > I was looking for a Minolta 101 SLR, which a friend had let me try, but it > was sold out. The PX camera guy said that Asahi made the best glass in the > world, and also showed me ads that indicated Honeywell was selling it under > its own name in the states, Those two factors led me to buy the Asahi > Pentax Spotmatic, with 3 lenses, 50mm,3mmm and a 135mm, with a set of > filters. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM Nolan Hinshaw <cearnog@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 3, 2022, at 22:04, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been binge-watching >> some >>> of my old favorites from previous decades. >>> >>> Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season. >>> Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on her >>> portfolio. She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, >>> clearly labeled as such. Looks just like the spotty I purchased back in >>> 1967! >> That was what I bought back then, the S1A, with bellows and slide copier. >> I was stationed in Italy with a guy in security who'd make regular trips to >> Japan and I tasked him to bring me all that stuff on one trip, which he >> did, and I think I didn't pay a whole lot for it - much less than for a >> Honeywell-branded spotty, at any rate. >> -- >> "The stupidest virus is smarter than the smartest virologist." >> George Klein >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks

I've told this story before: mine was an Asahi Pentax SV, bought for me by a nurse travelling via Singapore while I was living on St. Helena in 1968: the camera arrived about four months after she left, due to there only being sea mail service to the island! It was stolen in 1975 in the East End of London, but I bought it's exact twin in Adelaide about 15 years ago, and it still works like new. John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2022 6:59 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Spotting 3mmm   ?  hmmm :-) My first pentax was the 1000 with th standard recommended combo of lenses to cover everything... 50,28,135  the 28mm instead of the 35mm was suggeted to me but I can't remember who clue me about it..it was a great decision.  I still have that 28mm I bought in 1975. ann On 1/4/2022 3:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I purchased my spotty from a PX in the far East. > > I was looking for a Minolta 101 SLR, which a friend had let me try, > but it was sold out. The PX camera guy said that Asahi made the best > glass in the world, and also showed me ads that indicated Honeywell > was selling it under its own name in the states, Those two factors > led me to buy the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, with 3 lenses, 50mm,3mmm and > a 135mm, with a set of filters. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_ > campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_ > campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM Nolan Hinshaw <cearnog@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 3, 2022, at 22:04, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been >>> binge-watching >> some >>> of my old favorites from previous decades. >>> >>> Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season. >>> Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on >>> her portfolio. She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, >>> clearly labeled as such. Looks just like the spotty I purchased >>> back in 1967! >> That was what I bought back then, the S1A, with bellows and slide copier. >> I was stationed in Italy with a guy in security who'd make regular >> trips to Japan and I tasked him to bring me all that stuff on one >> trip, which he did, and I think I didn't pay a whole lot for it - >> much less than for a Honeywell-branded spotty, at any rate. >> -- >> "The stupidest virus is smarter than the smartest virologist." >> George Klein >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email >> to pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the >> link directly above and follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to > pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Asahi was a great company, that made superb glass and wonderful state-of-the art cameras. IMHO, none of the corporate successors to the Pentax brand have lived up to it. For those who may not be aware of the name, "Asahi" is a popular brand name in Japan, including Asahi Beer (which is wonderful) and Asahi Shimbun, one of the major newspapers. It means morning sun (Asa+morning, Hi=sun or fire, as in hibachi). It also however means "Rising Sun," as in the red disc that appears on the Japanese flag and Japanese military aircraft. As such, for years the company used other brands to sell their cameras in the US, because of the ill will many WW II veterans and others felt for the Rising Sun symbol. Thus, the Pentax was branded as a Honeywell when it was initially imported to the US. A similar feeling led to Nissan cars initially being marketed here as "Datsuns," to avoid the bad taste that Nissan (another version of Nihon or Nippon, ie, Japan) still had for many Americans. Times certainly have changed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJmXtGp86m4 Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* >