Asahi Pentax LX Gold world's first water-proof and dust-resistant SLR camera

Donwon Systems, Korean distributor of Pentax, presented 'ASAHI PENTAX LX Gold’, world's first water-proof and dust-resistant SLR camera which was specifically made to celebrate 60th anniversary of the company. The ASAHI PENTAX LX Gold was displayed together with 'K10D', Pentax's newly launched 10-megapixels premium DSLR camera 'K10D' at a press event in Korea market.In 1980, shortly after Nikon introduced the third generation of the Nikon F3-series system camera, Asahi Optical Co. Ltd. Japan introduced a professional class system camera on their own; the Pentax LX .The year also coincided with 60th anniversary of the most respectful trade name and camera manufacturing business in the business-Pentax.