Type: | Oddities |
Type: | Camera |
Title: | Asahi Pentar K |
Year: | 1958 |
Rare name variation, for cameras sold in South Africa. The Pentar name replaced the Pentax, which was registered by Pentacon at the time.
Those cameras were available either in chrome or black finish, with matching lenses (link to black version).
photo courtesy Derek White (chrome) and Preston Cook (black)
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