I dunno.  I got that off of AOHC's website...  blame Dario... ;-)

Christian Skofteland
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From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: unique K2


> They must have settled on this before the 1975 KX was launched.  The
> 1980 LX was probably developped over a period of at least 5 years...
>
> Andre
>
> >LX = 60 as in 60th anniversary of Asahi Optical
> >
> >Christian
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andre Langevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>  >I also wonder if "X" as in KX, ZX-M, etc, has been used in any
consistant
> >>  >nomenclature sense.  It could stand for "old fashioned", essentially.
> >>  >I'd argue for "mechanical" but for the ZX series.
> >>
> >>  Or X-cellent.  Or X as a "variable", thus cameras where the user's
> >>  input is needed.  But it's only true for the KX, MX and ZX-M...
> >>
> >>
> >>  Andre
> >>
>

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