Cotty wrote: C> Alan, I'm curious. How long will it be before you make your move? C> Confirmed as in: press release / under glass @ PMA / trickling into the C> shops / six months down the road / a year later and version 2 out?
The previous DSLR from Pentax was available at Photokina 2 years ago; some decent chaps handled it and raved about it and then Pentax killed the camera. So I guess "under glass @ PMA" won't cut it. Let's say available on order at b&h. C> When I decided to switch my (digital) allegience away from Pentax, I was C> at the 'a year later and version 2 out' stage, although admittedly by C> default because I was not prepared to wait any longer for the MZ-D / C> D*ist. The one thing that scares me about version 1 hardware is that the C> last product testing stage is done by the public... Just to avoid any misunderstanding: I don't intend to buy *this* DSLR incarnation for various reasons - from price to full frame coverage. I'm not starving for digital - it's just the next media for me. My intention is to get a film body (MZ-S most likely) the 360FTZ flash with accessories and one - maybe two primes. But before I get the smallest new piece of K mount system, I need firm proof from Pentax that I have an upgrade path to digital. This can only be a K mount DSLR that one can actually buy it. Pentax must accept the fact they may lose money with their first DSLR just to keep alive the K mount and its users base (whatever that's left of it). Servus, Alin
