Honeywell Spotmatic SP

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Honeywell Spotmatic SP

Specifications, film and matching parts.

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1964
Film
35 mm
Battery
PX400 · meter only
All batteries for Honeywell
Weight
621 g
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Camera

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1964
Weight
621 g

Film

Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Film speed
ISO 20–1600

Lens

Lens mount
M42
Focusing
focusing screen

Shutter

Shutter
Horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/1000 s, B
Flash sync
1/60 s

Exposure

Metering
TTL averaging (CdS)

Battery

Battery
PX400 · meter only
All batteries for Honeywell

Without a battery, the mechanical shutter still works at every speed including B, but the light meter doesn’t work. [1]

Make sure the light meter is switched off before you change lenses, otherwise you could damage the aperture actuating pin. [1]

Sources

  1. Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic: Operating Manual
  2. Vintage Camera Digest: Pentax (Asahi) Spotmatic SP
  3. Asahi Pentax SP: Hersteller-Bedienungsanleitung
  4. Wikipedia: Pentax Spotmatic

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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