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PentaxExpert
Posted 03/04/2011 - 13:17 Link
1919 was a significant year.

In this year both Pentax and Leeds United were started.
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geordie01
Posted 03/04/2011 - 22:04 Link
Well at least one good thing happened that year
bforbes
Posted 03/04/2011 - 22:11 Link
As far as the this Pentax forum goes it was a bad year ..........Prohibition started.
fatspider
Posted 03/04/2011 - 22:17 Link
PentaxExpert wrote:
1919 was a significant year.

In this year both Pentax and Leeds United were started.

Having lived very near to Elland Road Footbal Ground I can honestly say that is a matter of opinion.

At least your Half right
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K10D
Posted 04/04/2011 - 06:32 Link
Is that Wiki's oppinion? The term "Pentax" appeared in 1957 according to Wiki.

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johnriley
Posted 04/04/2011 - 09:11 Link
It would have been more accurate to say when the Asahi Optical Co started. The first time they made something called a Pentax was around 1957 and it of course refers to the first mass market SLR with a fixed pentaprism viewfinder. (I know Contax got there first).
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Gwyn
Posted 04/04/2011 - 09:54 Link
johnriley wrote:
It would have been more accurate to say when the Asahi Optical Co started. The first time they made something called a Pentax was around 1957 and it of course refers to the first mass market SLR with a fixed pentaprism viewfinder. (I know Contax got there first).

Isn't that where they got the name Pentax from? Combining pentaprism and Contax?
Algernon
Posted 04/04/2011 - 11:10 Link
The name Pentax came from Zeiss-Ikon Dresden circa 1957 see the bottom of this page.
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Edited by Algernon: 04/04/2011 - 11:11
Shaky
Posted 04/04/2011 - 11:51 Link
That seems to leave just LUFC and 1919. . . 19. . . Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-19.

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