AOHC - Asahi Optical Historical Club: Year 1998

home about us become membership search contacts login

Year 1998

Contents of SPOTMATIC magazine 1998

Number 18 - October 1998

page   4 - Pentax lenses in K-bayonet Mount (2nd part)
page   8 - ED and SD glass types
page   9 - VIP: Mattias Klum
page 12 - The mysterious Asahi Pentax Super S2
page 14 - Oriental cousins before (Petri, Yashica and Mamiya)
page 16 - Sales&Wants: classified adverts
page 17 - Setting up Pentax Day...
page 18 - Seen at Pentax Day
page 21 - Third Pentax Day
page 24 - Ermanno Barchiesi: encounters 1973-1998
page 24 - Marina Calvo
page 25 - Answers to AOHC quiz No.4
page 25 - Pentax news: New 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 zoom lens
page 26 - Pentax news: Espio 105WR/IQZoom 105WR
page 26 - Pentax news: Espio 140M/IQZoom 140M
page 27 - Pentax news: Photokina report
page 28 - Pentax news: Here is the Pentax 67 II
page 31 - Pentax wins four international awards
page 32 - Is Pentax fairly treated by magazines?
page 34 - Dear Pentax...
page 35 - Pictures by Ermanno Barchiesi and Dario Bonazza

Authors: E. Barchiesi, A. Belli, D.Cecchi, B. Dimitrov, G. de Fockert, J. Francis, G. Gioacchini, André Langevin, P. Oliveira, O. Togo, D. White.

Number 17 - July 1998

page   4 - Pentax lenses in K-bayonet Mount (1st part)
page 11 - M42 Takumar lens list (follow-up)
page 11 - Ghost mystery revealed
page 12 - The many faces of the Asahi Pentax S2
page 13 - LX shutter response time
page 14 - 1964 Asahi Pentax International Photo contest
page 16 - Sales&Wants: classified adverts
page 18 - More on Asahi Pentax 35mm prototypes
page 19 - German cousins of the Asahi Pentax (from Edixa to Icarex)
page 22 - Pentax Day in Rome
page 23 - Pentax Day: programme
page 24 - Designer's story: Pentax 645N
page 26 - Pentax 645N: my impression
page 28 - Pentax news: Pentax 645N wins "Camera Grand Prix 98"
page 28 - CLEARCOAT, Pentax multi-layer coating for eyeglasses
page 28 - Wildlife, wildlife
page 29 - Pentax news: MZ-3 Special Edition kit
page 29 - Pentax news: Pentax telescopes imported in Italy
page 30 - Photographica 98

Authors: D. Bonazza, D. Cecchi, B. Dimitrov, G. de Fockert, J. Francis, P. Jensen, K. Kuo, A. Langevin, N. Maekawa, P. Oliveira, I. Shephard, O. Togo.

Number 16 - April 1998

page   4 - Takumar screw mount lenses:
page   8 - A beginning TTL meter
page   9 - Modern times - An overview of two decades of the Pentax AF-system
page 13 - SMC Pentax-FA 20mm f/2.8 for the Japanese market
page 14 - Sales&Wants: classified adverts
page 15 - Kadlubek's Camera Catalog '98/99
page 16 - Asahi Pentax K - Top of the early series
page 18 - Asahi Pentax made a Cannon!
page 19 - Quick Return Mirror patent
page 20 - Cousins from Saxony (2nd part - the Praktica family)
page 23 - Auctioned in the web
page 24 - Pentax news: MZ-3 and SMC Pentax-FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited are available in Europe
page 24 - Pentax news: Espio 200/IQZoom 200 introduced
page 25 - Pentax news: Two new lenses for the Pentax 67
page 25 - Pentax news: Pentax introduces "Phase Coating" to a new line of waterproof binoculars
page 25 - Pentax news: New Espio 140M introduced in Japan
page 26 - Pentax news: New "Creadit card" size binoculars
page 26 - Pentax news: Pentax gains ISO 14001 certification for environmental compliance
page 26 - The Pentax MZ-5N selected a double-award winner by Amateur Photographer magazine
page 26 - ... Came the 6x7 Pentax

Authors: D. Bonazza, D. Cecchi, N. Danilov, R. Engelmann, J. England, L. Nustrini, I. Shephard.

Number 15 - January 1998

page   4 - Pentax Prototypes: the cameras
page   6 - Metering Matters
page   9 - A new Pentax Shop in Moscow
page 10 - Cousins from Saxony (1st part - from Praktiflex to Contax)
page 12 - Introducing the Pentax Forum
page 12 - Pentax Photo Annual 1997/98
page 12 - 1998 Pentax Calendar by Shotaro Akiyama
page 13 - A collectors' coding for Pentax equipment
page 14 - Sales&Wants: classified adverts
page 16 - SAFOX: What's in a name? - The SAFOX III myth
page 18 - Low-end 's
page 19 - Some planning for the new year
page 20 - Product updates from Pentax
page 20 - My first Pentax
page 21 - Autofocus lenses for the Pentax 645N
page 22 - Books by AOHC members
page 23 - Photography on TV
page 24 - Pentax and the Web: a necessary updating
page 24 - Shooting football game with a Pentax (follow-up)
page 25 - Who are we? Massimo C. d'Amicis
page 26 - Spotmatic: Contents 1994-1997

Authors: D. Bonazza, D. Cecchi, M. C. d'Amicis, N. Danilov, R. Engelmann, R. Giancaterino, P. Hoffman, L. Nustrini, D. White.

Gallery

Articles	About us	Pentax Day
Vintage pictures	Batteries	Info Post
Magazine	Books	Prototypes
FAQ	Reflex	Screw M. Lenses
Catalog	Search	CD-ROM
Pentax Star System