Pentax may have shown the first Japanese SLR, but Nikon was selling them first. This is in the same general vein of, if you want patents, prototypes and smoke go to Pentax, if you want stuff you can buy, go somewhere else. Just to avoid any confusion, Nikon had already established themselves with pros with their rangefinder cameras years before any Japanese comany was selling SLRs.
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bruce wrote: >By the time the Pentax put its first SLR on sale, Nikon (which had already been >selling SLRs) was already established as a >"pro" brand. If this correct most history book must be rewritten. As far as I know, Pentax (Asahi) made the first japanese slr. Pal - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
