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INTOXICATING COLOURS:
PENTAX PRECISION OPTICS.
Light is the element of seeing and it brings colour into
the world. PENTAX has excelled in this medium for over
85 years. Since our beginning our engineers have
brought forth innovative precision optical equipment
year after year. PENTAX optics – photo cameras, medical
endoscopes as well as industrial and measurement op-
tics – are always ahead of their time regarding quality,
precision and innovation.
Founded in Tokyo in 1919 as Asahi Optical Joint Stock
Co., PENTAX succeeded in 1954 with a break-through in
modern photography: the Asahiex IIB the – world’s rst
SLR camera with a quick-return mirror. A success story
that has continued until today. In 1971 the PENTAX ES
introduced the rst SLR with TTL auto exposure. The
same year witnessed another milestone: the acclaimed
SMC coating process for lenses that reduce light losses in
lenses to a minimum. And in 1975 the PENTAX K2DMD
– a genuine classic – pioneered the K-mount bayonet
system for interchangeable lenses. These historical bre-
akthroughs can be traced all the way through to today
with the successor to these legends: the PENTAX K10D
– the latest shining light in a range of exacting SLR tech-
nology. You owe it to yourself to learn all about it.
C O N T E N T S
PENTAX PRECISION OPTICS 2
THE NEW K10D 4
SPEED 6
DURABLE TECHNOLOGY,
SHAKE AND DUST REDUCTION
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LIGHT CONTROL 10
DATA STORAGE 14
PENTAX LENSES 16
PENTAX FLASHES GUNS 18
ORIGINAL PENTAX ACCESSORIES 20
FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE 22
TECHNICAL DATA 24