Albano: > Is this true? > "Even the "Pentax" name was originally a Zeiss Ikon > VEB trademark until bought by Asahi. It was > originally derived from "PENTaprism" and "contAX." > from the cited below website
I don't remember but the Pentax name was considered, but not used by another company in the mid 50's. It was either Nikon (!) or Contax. Pål