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Asahi Pentax SL with Super-Takumar 55mm f/2.0

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Asahi Pentax CdS Clip-on Exposure Meter SL

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Clip-on Meter SL

The Asahi Pentax CdS Clip-on Exposure Meter is an accurate exposure meter, and it is easy to use properly. It is extremely sensitive and highly selective. As its name implies, it simply clips onto your Asahi Pentax, and couples directly to the shutter speed dial. It is light, compact, and fits your camera like a glove. Unlike a glove, however, this precision instrument will help you take better pictures by showing you the proper shutter speed and aperture to use in order to correctly expose your film.

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Asahi Pentax CdS Clip-on Exposure Meter for SL

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	Specifications

	Features

Honeywell Pentax SL
Type	35mm single-lens reflex.
Film and Picture Size	35mm film (20 or 36 exposures). 24mm x 36mm
Standard Lenses	Super-Takumar 55mm Super-Takumar f/2.0 with fully automatic diaphragm. Distance scale: 0.45m (1.5 feet) to infinity. Filter size: 49mm. With depth-of-field scale. Equipped with diaphragm preview lever which affords visual check of depth of field.
Shutter	Focal plane shutter with single non-rotating dial (dial rotates to select shutter speed but remains stationary when exposure is made - this is a reference to earlier cameras that had shutter speed dials that rotated when the exposure was made). Speeds: B, 1-1/1000 sec. Film speed (ASA) setting dial and window on shutter speed dial. Built-in self-timer releases shutter in 5-13 seconds. Shutter curtains of special rubberized silk.
Warning Signal	The index of shutter speeds turns red when the shutter and film speed settings are off the meter's measurability range.
Finder	Pentaprism finder with microprism. Fresnel lens for instant focusing; 0.88x magnification with 50mm lens, and approximately life-size with 55mm lens.
Focusing	Turn the distance scale ring until the subject image in the viewfinder comes into sharp focus. Minimum focus distance: 0.45m (1.5 feet) (With 50/55mm lenses)
Reflex Mirror	Instant Return Type with special shock absorbers for minimum vibration.
Film Advance	Ratchet type rapid wind lever (for film advance and shutter cocking). 10° pre-advance and 160° advancing angle.
"Cocked" Indicator	A red disk appears in a small window along-side 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 (Pentax-mount)
Flash Synchronization	FP & X contacts for conventional flash cord connection. Electronic synchronization at 1/60 sec.
Film Rewind	Rapid rewind crank for speedy film take-up. Film rewind button on base of camera body releases film from take-up spool for rewind and rotates while film is being rewound.
Loaded Film Indicator	Loaded film reminder dial underneath film rewind knob is marked "PANCHRO" (black and white), "COLOR" and "EMPTY".
Dimension	width 143mm (5.6") x height 92mm (3.6") x thickness 88mm (3.4")
Weight	868g (1 lb. 14 oz.) with 50mm lens. 621g (1 lb. 6 oz.) without lens

When the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic was introduced to the public at the 1969 Photokina, the photographic World's Fair in Cologne, Germany, it attracted immediate and keen attention. Not available for purchase at that time, it was a model of the advanced features and design that would be incorporated into cameras in the future.

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

The traditional classic design and simple elegance associated with the earlier models of the famous Asahi Pentax have been retained in the Spotmatic despite the incorporation of many highly advanced features.

Meticulously constructed by master craftsmen, the Asahi Pentax cameras remain the standard of excellence and precision in the world of 35mm single-lens-reflex cameras.

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