【Pentax】Pentax LX GOLD Limited Edition, 1981 by Michael S. Ready, USA.

有夠金光閃閃的相機~~

引用來源: Pentax LX GOLD Limited Edition, 1981 by Michael S. Ready, USA.

" .... It was March 16th, 1981, one year after the introduction of the Pentax LX. The ten-millionth Pentax SLR camera, an LX, came out of AOC’s main plant in Mashiko and was given to the chief designer, then chairman of Asahi Opt. Co. Ltd. Minoru Suzuki. In order to celebrate this 10 million event, on August 25th, 1981 a limited edition "LX Gold" was introduced. It was 18 carat gold plated with brown leather (also-called lizard skin or snake skin) and was equipped with an SMC Pentax f/1.2 50mm lens also with brown leather and gold finish. All dark details of the LX Gold are dark-brown instead of black, including the front lens ring and film chamber, with only the film pressure plate and the small watch curtain in black. Of course, the natural titanium shutter curtains remain unchanged. Also a brown lens cap and everready case were provided with the LX Gold. The package included a wooden box with red lining and white silk gloves to handle the camera without leaving fingerprints on the sensitive gold plating. Both the camera and the case are provided with golden carton boxes sporting 10million logo and 1981 lettering.
Only 300 pieces of the LX Gold were manufactured, 200pcs for the Japanese home market and 100pcs for the international market. Serial numbers for the LX Gold ranged from XM001 to XM300 (XM meaning ten million). Sales started in November 1981 at 850,000 Yen, but not all of them, were sold, as some were either given to Pentax importers worldwide or became prizes for photo contests. In 1983, Mr. Greg Peck won an LX Gold as first prize in a photo contest held by British magazine Camera Weekly. Mr. Peck was already a Pentax LX user and member of the Pentax Club UK. As far as I know, today in Italy there are only three LX Gold cameras, two of them being owned by AOHC members and the third one gifted by Api to a sales representative on occasion of his retirement after many years of service with them. The LX Gold XM028 was also shown at 5th Pentax Day. An American friend of mine owns another one (XM011). Apparently, the LX Gold for the US market had a different type of leather, maybe for import laws about leather of endangered species.

- By Dario Bonazza -

這款1981年生產的Pentax LX GOLD Limited Edition黃金限定版,可真是金光閃閃、瑞氣千條! 當年為了慶祝Pentax製造達千萬台,於是推出了全球限量300台的Pentax LX黃金限定版，機身鍍上了18K金，貼皮則是蜥蜴皮或蛇皮,大身大多以咖啡色系來搭配取代一般常見的黑色,搭載的鏡頭是F1.2 50mm,棕色的鏡頭蓋 LX黃金限定版包含一個紅色襯裡的白色絲綢布木盒，以避免指紋敏. 另木盒上都1000標誌和1981字樣。

其中有200台在日本本地市場販售，100台在國際市場販售，1981年販售定價85萬日幣（約台幣30萬）,少部分是贈送給人.

不得不說這相機保存的真好~網站有各細部的近拍照讓大家欣賞.