Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Did the Kmount get its name from the K series cameras? >>>> KX, K2, K2DMD. > >>> I don't know. The K mount was introduced with the KM, the KX, >>> and the K2. But, "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" > >> Well there was a Pentax "K" that was a screw mount camera, wasn't >> it? > >True, enough - I think it was the third Pentax body (not counting >the pre-Pentax Asahiflex bodies), after the AP and the S. However, >I never really thought there was ever any connection between the K >(circa 1960, perhaps) and the K-mount bodies and lenses (1975).
Well, I long wondered why the K2 was so named until I learned of the existence of the K. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
