[rollei_list] Re: More R...35mm Pro cameras, Pentax

  • From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:03:48 -0300

Pentax produced some very good 35mm pro camera systems for the M42
thread specially, the first camera with TTL lightmeter was the Pentax
Spomatic in 1964 and some excellent lenses too, Takumar and Super
Takumar lenses like the 50mm 1.4 SMC  are considered a classic, a
"gem" and among the bests 50mm lenses ever made, Richard Avedon used a
Pentax camera at the earlier '60s when he needed a long Tele lens. In
spite of the very good Bayonet K and the SMC multicoating lenses
process, Pentax almost abandoned the 35mm cameras professional market
for a long time due to its interest about the MF systems reflected in
the Pentax 6x7 and the Pentax 645 ( true competitions for Hasselblad
and Rollei SLR cameras) ; anyway they always manufactured excellent
lenses for 35mm cameras; even SMC Pentax zoom lenses are good and
practical to obtain images like these and other samples:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/4469628450/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itarfoto/4468231335/

Carlos



   2010/3/27 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I agree with this. Further, some of the original lenses marketed with
> the original Nikon F were real dogs.
>
> Canon took over the professional market because they went for quality
> + value and their L series lenses rivaled anything out there. In the
> amateur market, they created product which was highly in sync with
> customer demand/price point, and their branding/marketing was superb.
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>>
>> I suspect you mean the Nikon F.  Canon came out with the F-1 (Old) a decade
>> later.
>>
>> There is nothing revolutionary on the Nikon F -- each of its features was
>> available on other cameras before the F appeared.  What the F did present
>> was a BUNCH of features in the same package.  Nikon is part of the
>> Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, and Mitsubishi was looking to dominate advanced amateur
>> and pro 35mm photography through Nikon, so they received huge subsidies.
>>  (When things go poorly for Mitsubishi, as when the sale of Battleships and
>> ten-meter stereo rangefinders go down, then Nikon gets cut off.  That is a
>> primary reason for the Canon takeover of the market in the 1990's.)
>>
>> Marc
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