Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I suppose this sort of thing is unavoidable...talking about vapor. It just >always seems like a waste of time to me to talk about facts not yet in >evidence. First we "decide" that the upcoming Pentax DSLR takes K >manual-focus lenses so we discuss that, then we "decide" that it is based on >the 110 camera, so we spend time tearing our hair and rending our garments >over that. > >I mean, I'm not cutting anybody down. Lord knows I spend half my days >talking about unimportant things. But why discuss things that are FACTS but >that we just don't know about yet? The Pentax DSLR is already cast in stone >as far as basic design goes. But it's still secret. Nobody knows for sure >what it will be. We'll know SOON. PMA is right around the corner. Why not >wait and see?
So how about some plain, unabashed, hairbrained speculation? Here's mine: We've seen DSLRs that *look* pretty like 35mm SLRs and have interchangeable lenses (D-60, etc.) and we've seen fixed-lens digicams that abandon the traditional form-factor of 35mm cameras because it's completely unnecessary with digital (why have room for the film cartridge on one side and the take-up spool on the other, for example?) like the Minolta Dimage 7, etc. I think the new Pentax DSLR will do both: It have be a digital-specific form-factor and *not* look like current interchangable-lens DSLRs, but *will* accept k-mount lenses. Best of both worlds. Remember you heard it here first (unless it doesn't happen, in which case please forget it promptly :-P) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
