Pentax ME
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 Pentax ME w/50mm f/1.7 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. |
| Type | SLR |
| Released | 1977 |
| Production | 1977–1979 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | K mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Recording medium | 135 film |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | Manual |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure | Aperture priority |
| Flash | |
| Flash | Hot shoe |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter speeds | 1 – 1/1000 s, Bulb |
| General | |
| Dimensions | 135.8×82.5×49.3 mm (5.35×3.25×1.94 in) |
| Weight | 495 g (17 oz) (1.091 lb) |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Pentax ME Super |
The Pentax ME, originally marked the Asahi Pentax ME, was a 1977-introduced, aperture priority automatic camera with an electronic focal plane shutter from 8 s to 1/1000 s, synchronized at 1/100 s produced by Pentax of Japan between 1977 and 1979.
The shutter curtains were metal and had a vertical movement. There was no shutter dial, and the camera could not be used in manual mode, except for B and 1/100 exposures. The Pentax-invented digital light meter was of the standard TTL open aperture center weighted type. It was activated by a slight pressure on the release button.
ME and MX models were Pentax's response to a new trend towards compactness in SLR cameras, which began with the launch of the Olympus OM-1 in 1972. In fact, an ME is even smaller than an OM-1.
