Regardless of how much ink the K20D received the K10D was a better camera. The 6x7 was a favorite of New York fashion photographers. It undoubtedly had more pro cred than any other Pentax camera. Paul
> On Jan 19, 2020, at 3:42 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that I disagree with their list. The K1000 yes, but really > it's frame was pretty much the same as any Spotmatic, (especially the F who's > electronics are actually interchangeable), just with a K mount, (as were the > KM, the KX having an improved faster reacting SPD metering system). > > The 6x7, there's nothing else really nothing else like it, but that's sort of > the problem, it's influence on the industry was fairly low. > > The K10D was and is still great, but the K20D got twice the Buzz, I remember > articles about the K20D being Pentax's big turnaround... > > The LX was and is a great camera system, but it's influence was also pretty > limited on the industry. > > The Auto 110 also had very limited influence, or should we say no influence. > > They ignore the firsts, or mention them simply in passing, (which weren't > always firsts, but sometimes seconds, abet in much higher quality longer > lasting camera bodies), that did have lasting influence on the industry. > > The first, (actually second, but few remember the first), use of a Pentaprism > in an SLR. > > The first announced, (though, second released), TTL metering system. > > The first released AF SLR. > > The first Aperture Priority auto exposure SLR. > > The MZ-D, which was never released, but could have been the first FF 35mm > DSLR, (overshadowed by the Kodak and Canon FF cameras that were released). > Which might have been the best decision, based on what happened to the Contex > DSLR using the same sensor... > >> On 1/18/2020 7:22 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 18/1/20, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Pentax Week on DP Review with a 2nd video, this time on the most >>> important cameras... >>> >> <https://www.dpreview.com/videos/2118051964/dpreview-tv-the-most-important-pentax-cameras-of-all-time> >> >> Just watched - interesting. Cameras covered: >> >> Pentax K1000 >> Asahi Pentax 6X7 >> Pentax LX >> Pentax Auto 110 >> Pentax K10D >> Pentax 645Z >> >> MX gets a nod. >> >> >> > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of > idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
