Re: unique K2

[Andre Langevin]

Dario is right.  I speculated that Asahi had planned this years 
before.  When the K line was presented to the public in 1975, I think 
Asahi had already thought about an LX ("60") to be presented in 1980, 
the 60th anniversary of Asahi Optical.

Cheers,

Andre

I dunno.  I got that off of AOHC's website...  blame Dario... ;-)

Christian Skofteland
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From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: unique K2

 They must have settled on this before the 1975 KX was launched.  The
 1980 LX was probably developped over a period of at least 5 years...
 Andre

 >LX = 60 as in 60th anniversary of Asahi Optical
 >
 >Christian
 >
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 >From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 >>  >I also wonder if "X" as in KX, ZX-M, etc, has been used in any
consistant
 >>  >nomenclature sense.  It could stand for "old fashioned", essentially.
 >>  >I'd argue for "mechanical" but for the ZX series.
 >>
 >>  Or X-cellent.  Or X as a "variable", thus cameras where the user's
 >>  input is needed.  But it's only true for the KX, MX and ZX-M...
 >>
 >>
 > >>  Andre