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Asahi Pentax. Cameras using the M42 lens mount, ... DB-100 (2002) — digital camera binoculars (note: single not stereo images) Pentax Optio series
Pentax must not be confused with Pentax 6x7 or Pentax 67 which are 120 medium format 6x7cm film cameras. It covers from the first " Asahiflex " models in 1952 and their successor, the pivotal "Asahi Pentax" single-lens reflex camera , last made in 1997, to the present time known as "Pentax" first made in 1981.
Asahi Optical Co Ltd is best known for Asahi Pentax 6x7 medium format film cameras and the later Pentax Corporation is best known for Pentax 67 medium format film cameras. In 1990, the Asahi Optical Co. Ltd renamed the sub-brand from "Pentax 6x7" to Pentax 67. The company produced Pentax 67 cameras until 1999 and ceased trading in 2002.
The Asahiflex IIB of 1954 was the first Japanese SLR with an instant-return mirror. Previously, the mirror would remain up and the viewfinder black until the user released the shutter button. In 1957, the Asahi Pentax became the first Japanese fixed-pentaprism SLR; its success led Asahi to eventually rename itself Pentax.
Takumar 1:3.5/200mm. Takumar is the name that Asahi Optical gave to its lenses, notably but not exclusively those for its own SLR cameras. Named after the Japanese-American portrait painter, Takuma Kajiwara (梶原啄磨, Kajiwara Takuma), [1] whose brother Kumao Kajiwara founded Asahi Optical. [2]
1962: Pentax launched the world's first diagonal fish-eye lens for 35mm SLR cameras. That lens was the Takumar 18mm F11 Fish-eye. [1]1965: Pentax introduced the 6x7 SLR medium format system.
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