Pål Jensen wrote: > 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
It was Nikon. Nippon Kogaku considered the Pentax name among those possible for their rangerfinder cameras, but since such a name had little sense for rangefinders, at the end they choose Nikon. Then, a few years later, maybe they were willing to resume the Pentax name for their first pentaprism SLR, but at that time Asahi was already using it for two years. Bye, Dario www.aohc.it
