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Pentax SF7

The Pentax SF7 was a camera from the Japanese Pentax brand, manufactured by the Asahi Optical Co., Ltd. (called PENTAX Corporation since 2002). It is also known as the Pentax SF10 in the United States, and was first produced in 1988. It was Pentax's third Autofocus 35mm SLR after the Pentax ME F and the very similar Pentax SFX.

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Flagship MX PZ-1 (Z-1) PZ-1p (Z-1p) MZ-S
K2 DMD PZ-5p (Z-5p)
K2 LX
Midrange MZ-3 (ZX-3) MZ-6 (ZX-6)
KX Super-A
(Super Program) 		MZ-5
(ZX-5) 		MZ-5n
(ZX-5n)
Enthusiast ME F SFX (SF-1) SFXn (SF-1n) PZ-20
(Z-20p)
Program-A
(Program Plus) 		Z-50p MZ-7
(ZX-7)
ME ME Super P3
(P30) 		P3n
(P30n) 		P3t
(P30t) 		MZ-50
(ZX-50) 		MZ-30
(ZX-30) 		MZ-60
(ZX-60)
Entry-level MZ-10 (ZX-10) *ist
P5 (P50) PZ-10 (Z-10) MZ-70 (ZX-70)
KM MV MV 1 MG A3 (A3000) SF7 (SF10) PZ-20 (Z-20p)
K1000 MZ-M (ZX-M)

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