From: Joseph McAllister
On Feb 17, 2009, at 17:16 , John Celio wrote:
> You JUST noticed that?
>
> Well, K-m is just the name for the camera in Japan. It's K2000 in
> the states and elsewhere (I think). The m is supposed to stand for
> mom, since moms are the primary marketing target that Pentax is
> going after with the camera, especially in Japan.
>
> John
K-m for mom? What is the Japanese word for mom. or mother? I don't
know. I do know it's not mama-san.
I think that's an incorrect attribution for the m, even though their
marketing is skewed that way.
My 2? worth of non-sense.
I think the K-M name is intended to invoke the original KM.
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