----- Original Message ----- From: "whickersworld" Subject: Re: *ist D figures
> > Surely the problem was more related to Pentax's extreme > tardiness in adopting a bayonet mount? > > Photojournalists, who had previously used Spotmatics, got > fed up with dropping their screw mount lenses and missing > shots and deserted 'en masse' to Nikon - and the rest is > history. Despite the brave LX (a fine effort), Pentax has > never seriously addressed the 35mm pro market since then, > and are unlikely ever to again. Actually, photojournalists who had previously used Leica discovered Nikon during the American occupation of Japan, and into the Korean war. Pentax was never in the picture. William Robb
