----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: *istd : CCD from Sony
> I'd bet they've counted on that after the MZ-D public relations fiasco. > I wouldn't be surprised if the *ist-D *could* have been shown at > Photokina but wasn't because of the inevitable moaning that Pentax was > crying wolf again. They probably want to keep the time between > introduction and availability to an absolute minimum. A fellow that I know who has been retailing cameras for about the last half century looked at the web images and said that the camera looks to complete to be a non working prototype. He fugures it will be released fairly soon (providing they actually release it). William Robb

