I don't know early Asahi history but have never heard of a Pentax RF.
At 08:51 AM 2/16/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I have fond memories of the Canon and recall an S-3 Konica of that era
>that had bitingly sharp optics that is also missed. While reminiscing,
>I once had Minolta Hi-Matic E's that were very sharp, too. If it
>weren't for their tough-to-find battery issues, I would guess they would
>all be enjoying an eager new group of users applying today's wonderful
>new films to them. One of these better performers with their relatively
>fast optics could be a great travel companion with NPZ or one of the new
>400's. Flash would only be optional! To weave this somehow back to
>things Pentax, I don't recall that Pentax ever made any rf's...? Am I
>remembering correctly?