Item no. P981 (cover)

Type: cover

Country: Japan

Date of use: 21 January 1979

Business stationery (cover) used by ASAHI OPTICAL CORPORATION in Tokyo (Japan), manufacturer of cameras and lenses. The cover’s window shows name of the company’s bestselling camera ASAHI PENTAX, of which the Spotmatic model incorporated first-ever TTL (Through-The-Lens) exposure metering system (introduced in 1964).