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01-25-2015, 10:26 AM   #1
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stumbled on this earlier, maybe it's already a thread, but I didn't see it posted.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=371243460106

01-25-2015, 10:47 AM   #2
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It does look very clean but I'd question that it's really New Old Stock.
No camera I ever purchased new came shipped with battery installed.
The battery cover is chewed up, and it looks like there's some tripod socket wear.

But it is interesting that it appears to have all the original packaging etc.
Perhaps it was a demonstrator. Nice find for the Pentax collector though.

BTW any Spotmatic SP sold by a USA dealer should be a Honeywell Pentax.

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01-25-2015, 12:45 PM   #3
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QuoteOriginally posted by ChrisPlatt Quote
It does look very clean but I'd question that it's really New Old Stock.
No camera I ever purchased new came shipped with battery installed.
The battery cover is chewed up, and it looks like there's some tripod socket wear.

But it is interesting that it appears to have all the original packaging etc.
Perhaps it was a demonstrator. Nice find for the Pentax collector though.

BTW any Spotmatic SP sold by a USA dealer should be a Honeywell Pentax.

Chris
Yep it’s a “used” camera but in mint or like new condition. It could be from Canada, as we did not have the “Honeywell” issue here.

I got my SP from the original owner in Vancouver (who bought it here as well) and it has the same English manual and so on. (But with the 55/1.8)

Phil.
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