Asahi Pentax Spotmatic advertisements - 1966

yusuf · 05-27-2013, 04:59 AM - **2 Likes**

Someone posted this on Facebook Vintage Camera group - nice one...

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geedee · 05-27-2013, 05:25 AM

Great video! Love the 60's!

ofer4 · 05-27-2013, 06:42 AM

Those are fantastic...thanks for sharing. Interestingly, I just bought that first camera+lens combo last week off of the local classifieds.

Nesster · 05-27-2013, 08:33 AM

FANTASTIC! Thank you

VisualDarkness · 05-27-2013, 08:36 AM

I still think this is the best camera commercial ever, totaly mind bending:

You Tube

utak · 05-27-2013, 10:28 AM

And its reached iconic status on this month's Portabello market T-shirts. (I guess that's a Spotmatic!)

stevebrot · 05-27-2013, 12:08 PM

Oh yes...the Pentax girl!

magkelly · 05-28-2013, 12:44 PM

Oh, I so kept this, lol. Except for the fact that she's Japanese and it was around the time I was born, and my own similar grand adventures were 25 years later, this could have been ME in my dangerous youth, red pigtails, guitar, mini, and all! This made me laugh so hard! I really wish I'd had my Spottie when I was running around all over the place up and down the East Coast in the late 80's. The pics I'd have today if I had...

Jean Poitiers · 05-28-2013, 01:38 PM

Thanks for the videos ... great stuff ...TFS, J

noblepa · 05-29-2013, 07:27 PM

Back then, Pentax outsold Nikon and Canon COMBINED!

tpadgett · 05-31-2013, 12:51 PM

haha great videos. awesome camera, still use and adore mine today!

Tako Kichi · 05-31-2013, 01:03 PM

The Spotmatic was my first SLR. I bought it used in 1979 and loved it.

EJMzagsfan · 06-11-2013, 01:04 AM

Very cool. They should bring back a new chick, I think it would work as well today with pretty much the same theme.

nudnagocha · 10-25-2013, 02:29 AM

Wow, what a great commercial. I'm huge fan of old ads. I was thinking about exhibition of photos from old commercials. These photos will look really good on some exhibition systems- systemy wystawiennicze

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utak Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 928	And its reached iconic status on this month's Portabello market T-shirts. (I guess that's a Spotmatic!) Last edited by utak; 07-03-2013 at 02:17 PM.

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geedee Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 113	Great video! Love the 60's!

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ofer4 Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Utah Posts: 428	Those are fantastic...thanks for sharing. Interestingly, I just bought that first camera+lens combo last week off of the local classifieds.

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Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	FANTASTIC! Thank you

05-27-2013, 12:08 PM	#7
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Oh yes...the Pentax girl!

05-28-2013, 12:44 PM	#8
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Oh, I so kept this, lol. Except for the fact that she's Japanese and it was around the time I was born, and my own similar grand adventures were 25 years later, this could have been ME in my dangerous youth, red pigtails, guitar, mini, and all! This made me laugh so hard! I really wish I'd had my Spottie when I was running around all over the place up and down the East Coast in the late 80's. The pics I'd have today if I had...

05-28-2013, 01:38 PM	#9
Jean Poitiers Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Lost in translation ... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,076	Thanks for the videos ... great stuff ...TFS, J

05-29-2013, 07:27 PM	#10
noblepa Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bay Village, Ohio USA Posts: 1,142	Back then, Pentax outsold Nikon and Canon COMBINED!

05-31-2013, 12:51 PM	#11
tpadgett New Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 14	haha great videos. awesome camera, still use and adore mine today!

05-31-2013, 01:03 PM	#12
Tako Kichi Veteran Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: SW Ontario, Canada (ex-pat Brit) Posts: 1,296	The Spotmatic was my first SLR. I bought it used in 1979 and loved it.

06-11-2013, 01:04 AM	#13
EJMzagsfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Idaho Photos: Albums Posts: 241	Very cool. They should bring back a new chick, I think it would work as well today with pretty much the same theme.

10-25-2013, 02:29 AM	#14
nudnagocha New Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1	Wow, what a great commercial. I'm huge fan of old ads. I was thinking about exhibition of photos from old commercials. These photos will look really good on some exhibition systems- systemy wystawiennicze