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Contents
of SPOTMATIC magazine
2000 |
Number 26 - October 2000
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page 2 |
Gallery: pictures by Gianni Angelini and
Carlo Lastrucci |
| page 4 |
Some notes on
Spotmatic, ESII, KX and KM Motor Drive cameras |
| page 7 |
Asahi Opt. Co. in National Geographic
Magazine (II) |
| page 16 |
On test: Pentax MZ-7, first try and then
trust |
| page 18 |
Pentax MZ-M, the camera with 58 lenses? |
| page 20 |
Photokina 2000 |
| page 23 |
Pentax News: Pentax MZ-S |
| page 25 |
Pentax News: Full-format 6-Megapixel
Pentax 'No name' digital SLR |
| page 26 |
Pentax News: Accessories for new SLR's |
| page 27 |
Pentax News: New lenses |
| page 28 |
Interview with Mr. Zenichi Ohkura |
| page 29 |
Autofocus patent |
| page 30 |
A Pentax lens with Leica screw mount |
| page 31 |
John F. deLoach |
| page 32 |
eBay auctions of Fall 2000 |
| page 33 |
New leadership at Pentax parent company |
| page 33 |
Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2000 |
| page 33 |
New McKeown's camera catalog |
| page 34 |
Sales&Wants |
| Authors: Asahi Opt. Co. Ltd, E. Barchiesi, D. Bonazza, P. Cook, R.
Engelmann, P. Oliveira. |
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Number 25 - July 2000 |

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page 2 |
Gallery: 25 years of Pentax K-bayonet
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| page 4 |
Uncommon Pentax MX variations |
| page 7 |
Special Pentax LX
variations |
| page 13 |
5th Pentax Day report |
| page 19 |
AOHC Annual General Meeting |
| page 20 |
Seventy-two hours... |
| page 21 |
Thanks everybody! |
| page 22 |
Shots from the 5th Pentax Day |
| page 29 |
The Pentax 67 II put into practice |
| page 32 |
Last screws from Dresden |
| page 35 |
A letter about the Carl Zeiss Triotar
135mm f/4 |
| page 36 |
Who are we? Mario Brigidi |
| page 36 |
Pentax CD-ROM |
| page 37 |
eBay auctions of mid-2000 |
| page 38 |
Sales&Wants |
| page 39 |
Kadlubek's Camera Catalogue and Pocket
Price Guide |
| Authors: E. Barchiesi, C. Bertola, D. Bonazza, M. Brigidi, D. Cecchi, P.
Cook, P. Oliveira. |
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Number 24 - April 2000 |

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page 2 |
Gallery: Very early binoculars from Asahi Opt. Co.
Ltd. |
| page 4 |
Heiland Pentax H2 "Store
Demonstrator" |
| page 6 |
Brief history of "Electronic Image" cameras
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| page 10 |
On test: M 85/2 vs. FA* 85/1.4 |
| page 13 |
On test: SMC Takumar 135/2.5 vs. SMC Pentax-A* 135mm
f/1.8 |
| page 17 |
MZ-5n memory lock |
| page 18 |
eBay auctions of early 2000 |
| page 19 |
Hewlett-Packard and Pentax announce strategic alliance |
| page 21 |
Pentax News: Pentax new digital cameras |
| page 24 |
Pentax News: More new introductions by Pentax |
| page 26 |
Photo Show in Rome |
| page 28 |
Documents: Pentax classic cameras |
| page 28 |
Documents: The ultimate Asahi Pentax screw mount guide
1952-1977 |
| page 30 |
Sales&Wants |
Authors:
Asahi Opt. Co. Ltd., D. Bonazza, P. Cook, R. Engelmann, A. Flaider, C. Lastrucci. |
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Number 23 - January 2000 |

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page 4 |
The Asahiflex prototype |
| page 6 |
Cutaway Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic II |
| page 7 |
100mm f/3.5 Preset Takumar |
| page 9 |
Computer-aided lens comparing |
| page 10 |
On test: 24/2.8 vs. 24/2 FA* AL [IF] |
| page 13 |
Who developed multicoating? |
| page 14 |
On test: SMC Pentax-FA 35mm f/2 AL |
| page 16 |
Screw mount Jena (A Hyena's life) |
| page 21 |
eBay auctions of late 1999 |
| page 22 |
Designers' Story: Pentax MZ-7 |
| page 24 |
Pentax News: New compacts from Pentax |
| page 25 |
Fall 1999 photo fairs |
| page 26 |
Who are we? Pedro Oliveira |
| page 27 |
The Beatles and their Asahi Pentaxes |
| page 28 |
Documents: Japanese 35mm SLR cameras |
| page 29 |
Documents: Kadlubeks Objectiv-Katalog |
| page 30 |
Sales&Wants |
Authors:
Asahi Opt. Co. Ltd., D. Bonazza, D.Cecchi, P. Cook, C. Lastrucci, P. Oliveira, I.
Shephard, Y.Takinami. |
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Dec 2000
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