----- Original Message ----- From: Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce) Subject: Re: Next Pentax Flagship Camera?
> Pentax may have shown the first Japanese SLR, but Nikon was selling them first. > This is in the same general vein of, if you want patents, prototypes and smoke go to Pentax, if you want stuff you can buy, go somewhere else. > Just to avoid any confusion, Nikon had already established themselves with pros with their rangefinder cameras years before any Japanese comany was selling SLRs. Just to add to this thought, this was at a time when the only pros using 35mm were war photographers. The bread and butter cameras that were in use by the most photojournalists and wedding/ portrait photographers were things like Speed Graphics and studio view cameras. 35mm was NOT considered a format for professional photography until well into the 1960's. Film just wasn't good enough to make enlargements from the 35mm format. William Robb - 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 .
