In 1980, shortly after Nikon introduced the third generation of the Nikon F3-series system camera,
Asahi Optical Co. Ltd. Japan rocked the photographic community by introducing a pin-sized,
jewel-like professional class system camera on their own, the Pentax LX to take on
the might of Nikon, Canon, Olympus and others. The year was also coincided with Pentax's
60th anniversary. Asahi Pentax, one of the longest and most respectful trade name
and camera manufacturing business in the business. Some of its original concept and
features found in the LX camera was truly original, functional and very practical.
It has also proved to be an immensely successful SLR camera commercially and it remained
in production until 1997. Throughout the product life cycle of 17 years, the camera
has exhibited its true strength as a first rated professional class SLR system camera
and created a huge following around the globe. With its rugged and dependable camera
body which forms as the nucleus of many innovative system accessories, it enables
Pentax to take on other great rivalries of comparing standard such as Canon New
F-1,
Nikon F3, the Olympus OM1(n)
& OM2(n)
and even with the Contax RTS
series
models etc. at this highly demanding professional users' market segment. The Pentax
LX SLR camera, famed for its compactness which capsules a ultra-rugged hybrid body
construction, a highly sensitive and innovative metering system, a superb insulation
to penetration of moisture and dust, overall great backward compatibilities with
other system accessories within the Pentax photographic system, has been appreciated
by many of its users worldwide. Along with other fine 35mm SLRs produced by Pentax
over the years, the LX stamps a firm footprint in the course of development of 35mm
SLR cameras.
This site, along with many other camera models featured in the Classic Modern SLR
series,
chronicles a photographic legend by Asahi Optical Co. LTD
The LX site is made up of 252 items with a total file size of 8.6MB.
The Concept | Metering | Exposure Control | Viewfinders
| Motor
Drive
/ Winder | Flash | Macro | Databack | Remote | Screens | Variations
| SMC lenses |
Specifications: HTML | PDF
The Body : HTML | PDF
Manuals:
The Camera Body
( Selected Content (1.2MB)
only restrictive to camera operation)
| Winder (367k) | Motor Drive |
Pentax Instruction
Manuals
for Bodies, Lenses and Accessories (External
Link)
Variants:-
Pentax
LX GOLD Limited Edition Model, 1981.
Pentax LX
Millennium
Models
(Y2K/2000
Special Edition)
Penatx LX Titanium Model (Seeking
for contributor)
For your favourite
Pentax LX
series models
| Message Board |
For
your Pentax Optics in a shared environment | Message
Board |
Specifically to Dispose or Looking for Pentax Photographic
Equipment
| Message Board |
Other
Pentax resources on the web:
Pentax
Instruction
Manuals
for Bodies, Lenses and Accessories (External
Link - Pentax Imaging)
Free
Instruction Mannuals
in PDF format downloads for:
Pentax Spotmatic F (1.0 MB) | Pentax
Spotmatic II (1.1 MB) | Pentax
K-1000 (3.2 MB) | Pentax K2 (3.4 MB) | Pentax KM (3.3 MB) | Pentax
KX (3.6 MB) | Pentax ME (3.1 MB) | Pentax ME-super (4.8 MB) | Pentax
ME-F (1.8 MB) | Pentax KM (3.3 MB) | Pentax MG (4.2 MB) | Pentax
MV (3.3 MB) | Pentax MV-1 (1.0 MB) | Pentax
MX
(3.3 MB) | Pentax P30 (4.1 MB) | Pentax P50 (5.1 MB) | Other
models & system accessories
(USA)
All works courtesy of Mr. Jim, lensinc. Ltd. Thank him, as these are not
my effort
Recommended
Pentax lens resources.
About this photographic site.