>> I've often wondered if it really should be something like >> "TAK-oo-mar"
> You wondered right :-). Thanks, Ken, for the correction - <g>. Of course, I've been saying "TAK-you-mar" for so many years that it'll be difficult for me to change, but I'll try... Hmmm... I'm also wondering here just how many of us English speaking Pentaxers have been mispronouncing Takumar all these years - am I the only one? Fred