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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: Info needed Pentax <> Ricoh
> In a message dated 1/21/01 11:22:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << The only way to reach 22 or 25 or any such large number is to
count
> rebadged cameras or those that have made K mount lenses but no
bodies. >>
>
> The original list of 22 (now 27) manufacturers *was* confined to
"K" mount
> lens, not bodies, unless I missed something?
You said:
> My list, complied over eight months research, listed 22
manufacturers. Of the
> three URLs above, this one:
> http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ultimate_k-mount.htm, is the most
complete of
> the three. Whether it lists all 22 manufacturers (I haven't
counted yet), I
> seem to remember there were two Russian lens makers, Zenit being
one, who
> copied the "K" mount.
You also said:
>> Give me time and I'll come up with the entire list, but there
were 22
>> manufacturers (world-wide) who made the PENTAX "K" mount their
own,
>> including two Russian camera makers.
Since the linked page only lists BODIES and not LENSES, I assumed
that you were referring to bodies. In fact if you want to count K
mount lenses, the actual number is likely to be much higher than 22,
25, or even 27. You'd also be hard pressed to identify unique
manufacturers as opposed to licensees and re-badgers.
However, your other statement:
>>> It also proves, if there ever was a doubt, that the PENTAX "K"
mount is the
>>> most popular (and copied) lens mount ever.
>>> *Which also indicates there are more "K" mount lenses in the
world than any
>>> other kind.
would then have to be false. There have been more manufacturers
making lenses in Leica Thread Mount and Praktica/Pentax Thread Mount
(variants of Nikon F Mount have been quiet numerous as well).
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