Seems to me that Pentax apparently have a prototype of the DSLR that use the old 110 lenses. This seem to me to be most likely a novelty possibly shown at PMA to test the reaction. I don't think it has anything to do with the coming K-mount DSLR.
P�l ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heiko Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Wait and See > Hi Bruce, > > on 24 Jan 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > > >We need someone who really understands German. > > I'm German so I will give it a try: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > As is reported from well informed source, Pentax brings a sensational > novelty in the apron of the PMA. > > ColorFoto author Horst Gottfried had the opportunity to try out the > prototype of a new super compact digital SLR with exchangable lenses > from Pentax. > > The camera uses the new, small xD Cards and is based on the Pentax Auto > 110 from the end of the 70's. Pentax has realized that the lenses built > at that time for the Pocket-SLR meet excellently the requirements of as > parallel as possible rays in the edges, that [the requirements] were > made in connection with the introduction of the 4/3-system. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I hope you can understand the last sentence, as it was even bad German > and I don't know how to translate such a sentence. In shorter words it > says: The old Auto 110 lenses fit to the 4/3-requirements concerning ray > parallelism in the edges. > > Bruce, it really says "based on the Auto 110". But you have to know the > nickname of "ColorFoto" that is usual among German photographs: > "KloFoto" (Klo = loo). I think this rumor is vaporware. It is > inconsistent with former (partly official) reports that the new DSLR > will use K-Mount and have an APS-sized sensor. OTOH - maybe we will see > this as an additional DSLR. There was an interesting idea in a German > forum: Maybe it is the Optio L (Large) in addition to the Optio S > (Small). But I'm sure that we will see a K-mount DSLR at PMA. > > Regards, Heiko > >
