Indeed. But it wasn't made in China then, and China was still a very closed country, considerably more than now.
However, if you really think the Cranes were very wrong in their book, and you really want to quibble with their statement, perhaps you could write to them, care of the BBC, or go to Golmud yourself and find a tourist who will sell you a Pentax. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Adam Maas > Sent: 24 September 2006 00:10 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The Pentax Way > > 10 years after the K1000 entered production. > > -Adam > > > Bob W wrote: > > This was in 1986. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > >> Sent: 23 September 2006 17:58 > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> Subject: RE: The Pentax Way > >> > >> Pretty good, I'd say. The K1000 has been around for many, > >> many years, and > >> was even made in China at one time. Plus, (AFAIK) the > >> Chinese are still > >> making a K1000 clone. > >> > >> Shel > >> > >> > >> > >>> [Original Message] > >>> From: Bob W > >>> "What", they wondered, "are the chances of finding a Pentax body > > in > >>> Golmud? Or, for that matter, Tibet or even the whole of China? Let > >>> alone finding someone to sell it?". > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
