Tom is mistaken. The LX came out in 1980, the MX was discontinued in 1985 or 1986. It was discontinued after a run of about ten years. This was the beginning of the era of more automatic cameras.
I don't think the MX was a financial disaster. Malcolm Smith wrote: > > I wonder why production of the MX stopped, when the LX started? It's easy to > look back 20+ years later on a Pentax net and say what a nice camera it is, > but maybe the MX was a financial disaster to the company, at the time? > > Malcolm > > > > > The MX (and ME) where announced in 76, > > available in 77. As far as I know the > > MX ceased production when the LX came > > out. They were available > > for some time after production ended though. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/darkroom-rentals/index.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
