Old brands turned 'niche'.. I love em..
Pentax. This may ring a bell with some people - it was a huge camera brand. It's a brand which I'm still fiercely loyal to ever since I got my first Pentax in about 1985. That was a P30 with a 35-70mm zoom upon which I added a Sigma 70-210mm telephoto, a 50mm f2 fixed and a flash gun. When it went faulty after a LOT of use, Chester Camera Centre (no longer trading) loaned me a lovely Pentax ME Super during the repair. They'd come to (easily) learn I was a Pentax fan and even asked the Pentax rep to give me a Pentax t-shirt, waaay to big for me initially, which I proudly wore for about 10years. Maybe longer. Surprised I don't still have it actually (surprising no-one I used to work with). My first SLR camera, the amazing Pentax P30 In about 1991 I then added a completely manual (and even then considered retro despite being made til 1997) Pentax K1000, no automatic modes at all. With this & my P30, I continued taking photos & slides (remember