Pentax Super A
Pentax Super A, given by Gilles Collas, september 2018.
A camera like new, found by Gilles in a bag that starts to break down, with a 2.8/28mm and a 75-150 zoom, both M-series, while you can only use all the possibilities of this camera with A-series lenses.
I present it with the 1.7/50 A-series of the ME.
There is the manual, and an out-of-order AF280T flash.
With the M series lenses, the Super A behaves like a ME Super, from which it seems to be an evolving: Automatic aperture priority, usable in manual with the two small buttons to choose the shutter speed by successive presses. It also has LCD didplay (internal and external), a depth of field tester, and the self-timer is electronic. And it provides TTL measurement with dedicated flashes.
With the A-series lenses, in addition you also have the shutter priority automatism, and the program mode. And the TTL flash is also usable in program mode.
The manual therefore states six modes of operation:
Fully automatic mode (program),
Aperture priority,
Shutter Priority,
Manual,
Auto Flash TTL,
Auto Flash Program.
And it is motorisable.
Metal curtain shutter, 15s to 1/2000s, 1/125s flash sync.