I do agree with them that the Asahi Pentax 6X7 is one of the very best. I was certainly, considering its time, the best camera I ever owned.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 3:42 PM P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm pretty sure that I disagree with their list. The K1000 yes, but > really it's frame was pretty much the same as any Spotmatic, (especially > the F who's electronics are actually interchangeable), just with a K > mount, (as were the KM, the KX having an improved faster reacting SPD > metering system). > > The 6x7, there's nothing else really nothing else like it, but that's > sort of the problem, it's influence on the industry was fairly low. > > The K10D was and is still great, but the K20D got twice the Buzz, I > remember articles about the K20D being Pentax's big turnaround... > > The LX was and is a great camera system, but it's influence was also > pretty limited on the industry. > > The Auto 110 also had very limited influence, or should we say no > influence. > > They ignore the firsts, or mention them simply in passing, (which > weren't always firsts, but sometimes seconds, abet in much higher > quality longer lasting camera bodies), that did have lasting influence > on the industry. > > The first, (actually second, but few remember the first), use of a > Pentaprism in an SLR. > > The first announced, (though, second released), TTL metering system. > > The first released AF SLR. > > The first Aperture Priority auto exposure SLR. > > The MZ-D, which was never released, but could have been the first FF > 35mm DSLR, (overshadowed by the Kodak and Canon FF cameras that were > released). Which might have been the best decision, based on what > happened to the Contex DSLR using the same sensor... > > On 1/18/2020 7:22 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 18/1/20, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Pentax Week on DP Review with a 2nd video, this time on the most > >> important cameras... > >> > > < > https://www.dpreview.com/videos/2118051964/dpreview-tv-the-most-important-pentax-cameras-of-all-time > > > > > > Just watched - interesting. Cameras covered: > > > > Pentax K1000 > > Asahi Pentax 6X7 > > Pentax LX > > Pentax Auto 110 > > Pentax K10D > > Pentax 645Z > > > > MX gets a nod. > > > > > > > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind > of idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > 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.
