Yes, in 1975 the 6x7 already on the market for years, since it was introduced in 1968 and put on sale in 1969.
Hmmm... are you thinking of K meaning Kleinbildformat, the German word for 35mm format? That's very interesting to me, since those were the years when Asahi was teaming with Zeiss. Somebody speculated that the K-bayonet was developed together with Zeiss, hence K-bayonet (K-bajonett in German) could be the original Zeiss designation for it.
Dario Bonazza
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Dario, Was the 6x7 already in the market with a bayonette mount when the K-mount
and K-cameras were introduced in 35mm?
Regards, Bob S.
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Asahi literature published in 1975 always speaks of K-series cameras and K-bayonet (just checked my literature collection).
Then from pentaxusa.com history:
1969 Asahi's two millionth SLR camera rolls off the line.
The Pentax 6x7 medium-format professional camera is introduced. A medium format camera
1975
The Pentax K series is introduced, all with bayonet lens mounts. The series includes the Pentax K2 with fully automatic exposure, the Pentax KX with a needle matching indicator for the TTL light measuring system, and the Pentax KM, with a TTL light measuring system.
So if the bayonet mount was on the 6x7 in 1969 and on 35mm slr in 1975 maybe K mount means the sound of the components clicking into place.
I'm thinking that the S mount meaning screw mount is, in the English pronounciation, a schch sound.
Probably not but makes sense to me.
John
