Disturbing copies

[Jac@stafford.net]

As I recall, many bodies with the "Asahi Pentax" logo (especially those brought back by service members) had the logo covered with some sort of black tape that was heated when applied and very difficult to remove.

Thank you. I had no idea. I got under the wire bringing two Asahi Pentax Spotmatics to the US during a short military leave in 1965. (At the time I thought it was such a cool camera.)
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[Drew Wiley]

Purchasing something overseas for personal use has no relation to unauthorized import for the sake of distribution. But if the brand name was blacked out, somebody was obviously up to grey market shenanigans. Anyway, those Spotmatics were wonderfully reliable.

[Luis-F-S]

.... But to me, a Ries is a Ries, is a Ries. There just ain't no substitute.

++1 why I have 4! Plus Debbie will work with you on special needs-they're just Great!!