{"id":3057,"date":"2020-10-22T05:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photomuse.in\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2020-10-22T05:26:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T05:26:46","slug":"asahi-pentax-kx-1975-1977-slr-camera-photomuse-collection-2017-donation-of-mr-thomas-mammen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/2020\/10\/22\/asahi-pentax-kx-1975-1977-slr-camera-photomuse-collection-2017-donation-of-mr-thomas-mammen\/","title":{"rendered":"Asahi Pentax KX, 1975-1977,  SLR Camera, PhotoMuse Collection, 2017, Donation of Mr. Thomas Mammen."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentax KX was one of the three original K-mount 35mm SLR cameras introduced by Pentax as a replacement for the Spotmatic family of screw mount cameras. The K mount offered greater convenience and enabled the production of faster lenses such as the 50 mm f\/1.2.<\/p>\n<p>The KX model was one step up from the KM with a more sensitive light meter, a wider ISO range, and mirror lock-up. It had a match-needle exposure readout so that the shutter speed set was indicated in the viewfinder. The aperture set on the lens was visible in the viewfinder through a small window. The KX is the only Pentax where the wind lever must be pulled slightly out for the meter to work. This makes the camera unsuitable for left-eyed users.<\/p>\n<p>Lens: SMC PENTAX 1:1.4\/50. ISO range: 8 \u2013 6400. Shutter speeds: 1 &#8211; 1\/1000s, B. Viewfinder type: Pentaprism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentax KX was one of the three original K-mount 35mm SLR cameras introduced by Pentax as a replacement for the Spotmatic family of screw mount cameras. The K mount offered greater convenience and enabled the production of faster lenses such as the 50 mm f\/1.2. The KX model was one step up from the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3060,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions\/3060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photomuse.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}