This represents a turning point for Canon: their first professional grade camera, introduced in March of 1971 along with a new lens mount – […]
This is a definite odd-ball, and example of creativity attempting to solve an engineering problem: how do you capture light coming through the lens […]
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In 1972 Olympus introduced their OM line, and reset consumer expectations for the size and heft of a 35mm camera body. The various OM1/2 […]
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Essentially an Spotmatic F, the KM is what many feel the K1000 should have been. Introduced alongside the KX in 1975 as it’s less […]
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1975 saw the introduction of the KX as the advanced-amateur model in the Pentax K series lineup, seen as one step up from the […]
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Surprisingly, given it’s decidedly amateur auto-only positioning, this MV1 was “rode hard and put away wet”. It’s one of the most used models in […]
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Introduced in 1977, and produced until 1985, the MX represented the flagship of Pentax’s 35mm line. Unlike the ME and derivatives, it features a […]
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I believe this to be an A-II model, first introduced in 1954. The Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) had gained popularity between the wars due […]
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Pentax introduced the MG in 1981, as the successor to the MV1 and in the line of simpler, automated, bodies going back through MV […]
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