On Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 11:05,
Winsor Crosby <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> I know you said "viable", and Nikon owners like to claim credit for
> their marque but Pentax invented the SLR six years before in 1953,
The first SLR was the Graflex in 1909, the first 35mm SLR the Exakta in 1936,
fhe first
pentaprism, the Contax S in 1949 All were popular and "viable"
> invented the quick return mirror in 1954, the pentaprism viewer(no
> looking down as with a TLR) in 1957, and through the lens metering
> in 1964. All significant I think and Pentax was quite viable until
> the last decade or so. The Nikon F came late to the party in 1959
> piggy backing on Pentax development. Seems to me that significance
> should go to the product and not the marketing.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
>
> On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:00 AM, AG Schnozz wrote:
>
> > 6. Nikon F. First viable 35mm SLR that all others copied and
> > improved upon.
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