You are talking about the rangefinder-Nikon era. Leica M3 corrected that in 1954 but in 1959 Nikon F turned the tables again. At that time Pentax was an established pro SLR and if they had switched to bayonet earlier it may or may not have made the difference - but this was 6 years before Spotmatic. Pentax never made rangefinder cameras so Pentax was in a different picture. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 16. elokuuta 2003 2:41 Aihe: Re: *ist D figures > >----- 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 >
