Forgot about that. There were a couple of products including a Pentax Zoom and
a couple of Vivitar/Cosina(?) lenses built using that system. It was
independent
of the camera body so, if you find one in working condition, it will turn
your LX,
KX, MX, K2, K1000, etc. into an autofocus camera.
At 09:24 PM 8/20/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Honeywell also pioneered autofocus and Minolta found out when Honeywell sued
>the shit out of them!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:05 PM
>Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
>
>
> > Honeywell did more than just manufacture strobes. They also imported and
> > manufactured
> > other photographic related equipment under the Heiland and then their own
> > name. (Anyone
> > out there remember the Honeywell slide cube projector? Great idea lousy
> > execution). There
> > was also a line of Honeywell movie, (8mm and super8), cameras. And a line
> > of darkroom equipment
> > including enlargers.
> >
> > At 10:11 PM 8/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Bob Blakely wrote:
> > >
> > > > You are may be correct regarding some industries. The auto industry is
>a
> > > > poor example, however. Lobbying for such things was primarily an
>effort of
> > > > the US Autoworkers Union, not US companies, and to my understanding,
>no
> > > > tariffs were applied to Japanese goods, including autos, in the 50's
>and
> > > > 60's. The only US camera maker of the time was Kodak. Save for a few
> > > example
> > > > cameras such as the Retina, most of Kodak's cameras were sold at a
>loss.
> > > > Kodak is not in the camera business you see. They are in the film
>business.
> > > > They welcomed the Japanese camera market with delight.
> > > >
> > > > So, um, tell me again why Windsor produces what it does with Detroit
>just
> > > > across the river? The US doesn't have an export tax, so what's your
> > > personal
> > > > economic advantage in having a Ford plant in
> > > > Oakville, Ontario only a few hundred miles away from Detroit?
> > >
> > >Jobs. There was no Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) back when the Auto Pact
>was
> > >negotiated. Presumably the UAW was just looking out for its brothers
>here in
> > >the Great White North.
> > >
> > > > Why do you pay
> > > > more for your Ford (or whatever) than we do for ours? - and it's made
>in
> > > > your country!
> > >
> > >Exchange rate.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Keep in mind that American import tariffs apply whether marketed
> > > directly or
> > > > through Honeywell. (The item is still imported.) Therefore, using
> > > > protectionist tariffs as a reason Asahi had to market through
>Honeywell
> > > > doesn't seem to make sense.
> > >
> > >You're right. It was marketing. Honeywell made flashes, and marketing a
> > >camera
> > >under their name upon which to put those flashes made sense. And Pentax
> > >had the
> > >marketing department of Honeywell to deal with the US market for
> > >it. Seems like
> > >it made sense to me, for both parties.
> > >
> > >-frank
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Bob...
> > > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
>pessimist
> > >fears it is true." -J. Robert
> > >Oppenheimer
> > >
> > >
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