On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> LOL ... I have never heard Pentax referred to as the "Japanese Leica". > > That was commonly reported from Japan around 1976, soon after the > introduction of the MX. Some Japanese folks perceived the MX as the new > Leica: small, basic, smooth and pleasant to use. In other words, the Leica > philosophy in a (then) current camera.
I heard the same thing in reference to the Olympus OM-1 about that time. Rumor had it that Olympus was going to name the camera the M-1 but didn't after Leica protested ... -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
