Originally posted by Kombivan ....I would have expected better quality from china as they are basicly the same race as the Japanese it was china that conqurered Japan long ago....
Hi
As far as I know, Japan was never conquered by China, but there were a lot going on the other way. Some examples are First and Second Sino-Japanese wars, and the pirate attacks from Japan during the Ming dynasty, and the invasion of Korea by Japan in 1875.
The OP wanted really know if the MX was a pro camera or not.. Maybe it was sold to the serious amateur, looking at the large number of accessories available, along with a whole new line of lenses, the smc Pentax-M. Accessories were data backs, 250-film backs, timers, flash equipment, interchangeable focusing screens, and a real motor drive (the K2DMD has a “motor”). The MX also boosts a large viewfinder area despite its small exterior measurements.
It was announced at Photokina in 1976, alongside the ME. ME being electronical and the MX being mechanical, fully manual camera. Most other camera makers were producing cameras moving toward fully automated, this was another direction.
See this ad posted by Nesster
Pentax MX ad 1979 - PentaxForums.com