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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Pentax

Pentax is one of Japan's leading manufacturers of optical components and products. The company was formed in 1919 as the Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co of Tokyo as a producer of spectacle lenses and in 1931 produced its first still camera lenses. The 'Pentax' name was created in 1957, derived from a combination of the words PENTAprism and refleX in recognition of Asahi Optical being the first manufacturer to incorporate a pentaprism viewfinder and reflex mirror system into a camera.

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