I was a screwmount user when the K series camera was introduced. I remember we refered to it as the K camera with a bayonet mount. It was only later that I heard it described as the K mount. The mount was named after the camera.
Fred wrote: > >> Did the Kmount get its name from the K series cameras? KX, K2, > >> K2DMD. > > > Yep. > > But why? Why not the other way around (bodies named for mount)? > Or, why not for some other reason (such as being named after the > screwmount Pentax K, as Mark has suggested)? > > Fred, K1FW
