penmtax designers
Left to right: Mr. Ryohei Suzuki (Chief lens designer), Mr. Nobuyuki Yoshida (chief camera designer), Mr. Saburo Matsumoto (President of ASAHI Optical compny)



Pentax employees

"Family shot" of Asahi Opt. employees at Tokyo factory in 1953.
You can spot Mr. Matsumoto in the middle of the second row, with Ryohei Suzuki at his left and Nobuyuki Yoshida at his right.



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