Pentax Digital Camera Details
A recognized problem with the Asahiflex series was that, lacking a
pentaprism, it was very difficult to use the camera in a vertical
position and taking pictures of moving objects was almost impossible.
The small viewfinder on top of the camera was of little use when the
photographer wanted to use a 135 mm or 500 mm lens. The problem was
recognized by Asahi. In 1957, Asahi introduced the Pentax series, a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera (SLR) camera
which was so well received that it influenced the design of 35 mm SLRs
worldwide for years to come. The Pentax and its later development and
likewise classic 1964 Pentax Spotmatic spurred the development of Asahi into a photographic multinational company,
eventually renaming itself "Pentax" after its seminal product. The
Pentax series remains pivotal in the development of modern SLR
photography.There is some confusion about the etymology of the name. Some sources claim it was licensed from VEB Zeiss Ikon, and derived from the combination "PENTAprism" and "contaX". The explanation on pentax.com does not mention Contax or Zeiss Ikon, and states that the name was formed from "PENTAprism" and "refleX", being the reflex mirror of an SLR camera. A third variation substitutes "Asahiflex" for "reflex", which is at least logical as the Asahiflex cameras had waist-level viewfinders and therefore the pentaprism of the Asahi Pentax would have been a significant differentiating feature.
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