Thanks for the clarification, Shel. I knew that the Spotmatic (and it's variations - is that better, JCO? <vbg>) was manufactured for several years after my edition of "The Pentax Way", which is exactly the reason that I mentioned the year of publication.
You learn something new every day - I guess this is my "new thing" for today! thanks, frank Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I was thinking the same thing - WRT the SP 1000, that is. But, > according to a reference source, there were some, seemingly towards the > end of the run, that were assembled in Hong Kong. There were other > Spotmatics that were definitely assembled in HK. I've an SP II with an > "... assembled in Hong Kong" base plate. > > It's also possible that the base plate was changed, although, IMO, > that's rarely done. > > Your edition of Keppler's book was edited and published before the run > of Spotties was complete. There were quite a few more years of > production - through 1977, IIRC. > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
