I don't think that staying with m42 helped Pentax much, in terms of losing the pro 35mm market. But I don't think that's the whole reason.
The Spotmatic may have been used by pros in the 60's, but it was, AFAIK, always a distant second to the Nikon F series. I think that the F having features like interchangeable prisms and focusing screens might have been more of a reason that a pro would consider one of those over a Spottie. Of course, I could be wrong... ciao, frank Keith Whaley wrote: > > > I think you're right, John. > Hard to say whose decision was involved, or why... but I too believe > that having the K-mount earlier on might well have changed the entire picture. > > keith whaley -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
