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

  • From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:12:48 -0300

The LX was a commercial success for Pentax and it was manufactured
along 17 years, it was manufactured up to 1997, only the digital era
diminished its success.  Pentax, before than Canon and Nikon,
introduced the TTL metering in 1964, the Pentax ME-F is widely
acclaimed as the world's first TTL autofocus SLR camera employing a
TTL autofocus sensor, it was launched in 1982 with a dedicated AF Zoom
lens. It also produced the Japan's first SLR camera in 1954, the
Asahiflex, which utilized an instant return mirror system.  In 1971,
the Pentax ES was the world's first SLR camera with a through-the-lens
(TTL) aperture-priority (AE) control. Using aperture priority, the
stepless electronically controlled shutter responds to the amount of
light and chooses the appropriate shutter speed.
As you can read, Pentax cameras were very significant for the
evolution of 35mm pro cameras, it was not a "prestige" issue.

The MF market was not a niche when the Pentax 6x7 was launched in
1969, it was a strong market and it was the reason Pentax launched
this camera.

Carlos



2010/3/28 David Sadowski <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Like Olympus, Canon, and Minolta, Pentax offered a high-end 35mm pro
> SLR.  But pros probably used at least 10 Nikons for every one of these
> high-end Pentaxes that were sold, maybe more.
>
> So for some of these manufacturers, offering a pro 35mm camera was
> more a measure of prestige.
>
> But since Nikon did not offer a MF camera, Pentax saw their
> opportunity in that field, with a camera that was, more or less, a
> Nikon F concept expanded to a 6x7 format, the idea being to make high
> quality prints in the 8x10" format without much cropping.
>
> To say this is not a knock against Pentax at all- it's simply the truth.
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