Well, that's pretty cool! Of course, it's not a "Pentax" anything, it's an Asahi Optical Co. periscope, or whatever it is. The "Pentax" name wasn't used until Asahi put a pentaprism atop it's 35mm slr in the 50's, IIRC.
And, (again) IIRC, Asahi started as a manufacturer of military optics (I think bomber sights or something like that, although I could be wrong), and from there branched out to photographic lenses, cameras, and all the other things they make today. I bet some collector out there would be interested in this little gem, though. Mind you, if no one here wants it, my bet is a collector of military memorabilia (militaria? <g>) would snatch it up. cheers, (another) frank Frank van Lindert wrote: > As promised here are some pictures of the periscope which I have taken > tonight (in addition to the ones of the case type plate which I had > already) > The quality isn't too good, but any questions are welcome off-line > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Some of the pictures are with the mirror-prism extended up, some with > the same retracted. And you will see that the beautifully shaped > wooden handle is attached on some of the pics, and not in others. > One picture ( _0 ) shows the inside wooden and lined compartments of > the metal case: one for the actual scope and one for the handle. > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
