> But Henry's original quote was:
>
>> more than 10 new light weight and compact Pentax cameras
>
> I see this as more likely to be literally what it says - an
> overhaul of the Espio line.
Most likely, something along these lines, although I anticipate more compact
digital models.
However, from the rumblings, it looks like there could be as many as three
new cameras by the Fall that will be of interest to US--namely, the P-DSLR
(which contrary to previous reports, may indeed be called "ist"), the new
compact 6x7 (I would think that a promise from the president of the company
is as good as it's going to get in terms of future certainty) , and one new
35mm SLR...which may be another mass-market consumer jobbie, true, but then
again it may not be.
If this comes to pass, three out of ten cameras being of interest to
PDML'ers ain't a bad ratio at all, not at all. Two out of ten ain't bad
either, if the film SLR turns out to be another non-serious camera for the
Disney crowds.
Incidentally, I know nothing. Well, I know one minor thing, but I ain't
supposed to say.
--Mike
P.S. I propose a new division of terms for this discussion:
P-DSLR: Any old Pentax Digital Single Lens Reflex, even, or especially,
a crappy cheapo cynical rushed-to-market cobbled-up little 3-mp mass-market
sensor jobbie that'll have us all moaning and groaning and venting;
PDMLDSLR: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Digital Single Lens Reflex, for a
thoughtfully designed, well-executed camera that many of us would at least
be interested in and wouldn't mind owning, and that would get some of us to
stay with Pentax as we switch over to digital.
(continued in the next post...)
