T Rittenhouse wrote: > IIRC Pentax out sold (units) all other SLR makers in the late 60's early > 70's. Then the plastic cameras came out and Pentax was late getting into > that (cheap camera) market.
Surely the problem was more related to Pentax's extreme tardiness in adopting a bayonet mount? Photojournalists, who had previously used Spotmatics, got fed up with dropping their screw mount lenses and missing shots and deserted 'en masse' to Nikon - and the rest is history. Despite the brave LX (a fine effort), Pentax has never seriously addressed the 35mm pro market since then, and are unlikely ever to again. John
