In 1953, Asahi came out with it's Asahiflex 35mm slr, which had a waist level
viewfinder. In 1957, Asahi introduced it's first slr with a penta-prism.
"Pentax" is a combination of Asahiflex and penta-prism (or should I say
"penta-prism" and "Asahiflex").
regards,
frank
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> I can't find how Pentax named their line... Pentax. When was it first used?
> It seems to me to be an abbrev. of Pentaprism Contax, the famous Carl Zeiss
> pentaprism camera (which gave name to Pentacon made by Carl Zeiss Jena
> affiliated company, which invented the M42 mount - PENTAprism CONtax). So
> did Pentax just "steal" Pentacon's name idea, or is there some other word
> behind it? Just curious, sorry ;)
>
> Frantisek
>
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