Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Pentax 645
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:46:40 -0400

Honeywell was Pentax's USA distributor, they did not own Pentax. They just
sold and serviced Pentax gear here in the USA. I have an old Spotmatic and
have always been impressed with the Pentax lenses.

This was shot with the Pentax 50mm f1.4 Super Takumar
http://tinyurl.com/mack-spider

This was shot with an ANCIENT Pentax 35mmf3.5 Auto Takumar. The
Auto-Takumars were the early Pentax screwmount lenses that required you to
cock the aperture by pushing a button on the lens before each shot! It is
incredibly sharp.
http://tinyurl.com/bumpersbar

Here's another with the 50mm f1.4 Super-Takumar
http://tinyurl.com/voors-jewelry


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On 10/14/10 2:33 AM, "afirkin at afirkin.com" <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

>> Also: http://www.pentaxwebstore.com/detail/PTX+17971
>> 
>> Marty
> 
> Can someone give me a potted history of Pentax: I seem to remember
> Honeywell being in there at some time. I've never owned a Pentax. Helen
> had one when we first met (long ago) and it was a very neat 35mm camera
> about the same size as the OM's. Is it Japanese or American company?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Alastair
> 
> 
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