Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SL

akaHoneywell Pentax Spotmatic SL

35mm MF film SLR camera • Discontinued

Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SL
  • Announced:
  • · September 1968
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · Japan
  • System:
  • · Asahi Pentax M42 (1957)

Specification

Format:
35mm full frame
Film type:
135 cartridge-loaded film
M42 [45.5mm]
Shutter:
Type:
Focal-plane
Model:
Mechanical
Speeds:
1 - 1/1000 + B
Exposure:
Exposure metering:
None
Exposure modes:
Manual
Physical characteristics:
Weight:
798g
Dimensions:
143x92x88mm

Manufacturer description

The Pentax SL camera is a special adaptation of the world famous Spotmatic.

When the Pentax Spotmatic was introduced to the public at the 1960 Photokina, the photographic world's fair in Cologne, Germany, it attracted immediate and keen attention. Not available for purchase at the time, it was a model of the advanced features and design that would be incorporated into cameras of the future.

Four years of extensive research, exhaustive experiments and intensive testing followed before it became available to serious amateur and professional photographers in late 1964.

The new Honeywell Pentax SL shares the same design and features of the Spotmatic except the behind-the-lens exposure meter. The SL camera has the same heavy-duty focal plane shutter, the same brilliant viewing system with central micro prism and instant return mirror in the same durable, light weight body as the Spotmatic.

Since the SL has no meter, it is the ideal camera for the photographer who wants the professional features of the Spotmatic, but prefers to use a separate exposure meter.

The traditional classic design and simple elegance associated with earlier models of the famous Pentax have been retained in the SL despite the incorporation of many highly advanced features. Meticulously constructed by master craftsmen, the Pentax cameras remain the standard of excellence and precision in the world of 35mm single-lens-reflex cameras.

You will find the Honeywell Pentax SL an even more rugged "workhorse" camera than the famous Pentax H3v. Like the H1a and H3v, the Honeywell Pentax SL has a 42mm threaded lens mount that accepts any of the superb Takumar lenses from ultra-wide-angle 17mm Takumar to the super-telephoto 1000mm Takumar.

***

TYPE: 35mm single-lens reflex.

FILM AND PICTURE SIZE: 35mm film (20 or 36 exposures). 24mm x 36mm.

SHUTTER: Focal plane shutter, with single non-rotating dial. Speeds: B, 1-1/1000 sec. Built-in self-timer releases shutter in 5-13 seconds. Shutter curtains of special rubberized silk.

FOCUSING: Turn the distance scale ring until the subject image on the ground glass comes into focus.

REFLEX MIRROR: Instant return type with special shock absorbers for minimum vibrations.

FILM ADVANCE: Ratchet-type rapid wind lever (for film advance and shutter cocking). 10 deg. pre-advancing and 160 deg. advancing angle.

"COCKED" INDICATOR: A red disc appears in a small window alongside the shutter release button when the shutter is cocked, and blacks out when it is released.

FILM EXPOSURE COUNTER: Automatic re-set type.

LENS MOUNT: 42mm threaded lens mount.

FLASH SYNCHRONIZATION: Equipped with FP and X flash terminals. Electronic synchronization at 1/60 sec.

FILM REWIND: Rapid rewind crank for speedy film take-up. Film rewind release button on bottom of camera body rotates while film is being rewound.

ASA FILM SPEED REMINDER RING: Turns to set ASA film speed in window. Red numbers are for colour films; white numbers are for black-and-white films.

From the editor

The weight and dimensions are indicated for the camera body with the standard lens mounted.

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