Yep, Exacta make non-return SLRs at least a decade before Pentax made autoreturn SLRs.
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:34 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think that Pentax "invented the slr". > > I thought that the Asahi innovation with the Pentax camera (it was originally > just a model of an Asahi brand camera) was that it had the first instantly > returning mirror. > > Before that when the mirror raised and shutter fired the mirror stayed up > (and the viewfinder remained black) until the shutter was cocked (don't know > if this was tied into winding the film yet) for the next photo. > > But there were slrs around before the Pentax. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "P. J. Alling" <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> > Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Luminious landscape Photokina report. > > Pull quote about Pentax, in fact pretty much the entire report about > Pentax... > > "Oh, god, poor Pentax. They invented the SLR, though you would never > know it. Their cameras have always been excellent. Their lenses have > always been excellent. Their marketing? Face-palm! Pentax had but a > fraction of the physical presence of the other major makers, and nothing > to push their innovative products. The foremost of these is the K-5IIs, > which, hugely, looses the dreaded Anti-aliasing filter. This is the > first APS-C sized camera to take that brave step, following in the > D800E’s lead. This is potentially a big deal, but I could barely get > anyone to even explain it to me. Ugh." > > Marketing! > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthly search. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
