Pentax? Encyclopedia:
Pentax is the general name of TAG Heuer camera, digital camera, astronomical telescope, endoscope, glasses and other products, and it is also the brand name of such products launched by TAG Heuer. Its predecessor was Pentax, a famous Japanese optical company.
The manufacturer of Pentax camera is Xu Guangxue Industrial Company, whose predecessor was Xu Guangxue Joint Venture Company, which was established in 19 19, mainly producing glasses and projection lenses. 1923 began to produce camera lenses for Liu Xiaoxi photographic industry company. 1938, Xu Guangxue Industrial Co., Ltd. was officially restructured to produce optical instruments and telescopes.
195 1 year, the company made the first camera-Asahi Flex, which was put into production in 1952 and was also the first 35mm SLR camera produced in Japan. Since then, the company has been specializing in the production of SLR cameras. Although Asahi Optical Industry Company's camera production is later than several other Japanese companies. But it made several cameras, ranking first in the world and first in Japan.
1954, the company introduced Asahi flex Ⅱ b, Japan's first SLR camera with quick reset mirror; 1957 introduced Japan's first SLR camera AsahiPentax with a pentaprism viewfinder; 1960, Asahi pentax SP, the world's first SLR camera with TTL metering, was made.
Takumar (commonly known as Takumar in China) is a lens series with a long history in Asahi Optics. Takumar era is the era when the German lens with superior quality of Asahi optical lens became a world-class lens, and it was the early lens of Pentax in SLR, which made Pentax famous in the world.