was nearly Identical to the OM-1, with additions (Shutter speed/f-stop display in
the finder etc). The ME's were innovative in that they were measurably smaller
than any of the competition without manual shutter speeds at all, (and wasn't that
a disappointment at the time). Pentax sold a whole lot of them however.
At 03:53 PM 3/4/2003 +1100, you wrote:
Pal,
When you repeat an inside whisper of pending Pentax news I always take heed, because I have learned to trust your grapevine.
As a market analyst I'm not so sure of your talents. It seems now that Pentax are doing something right you don't know how to receive the news. Don't forget the lesson of the M-series of Pentaxes. They were a 'me too' product copying the Oly OM range and also selling against similar models from Nikon (EM), Canon (AE-1) and Minolta (I think it was the X-series). Pentax were not the innovator of this class but did very well indeed out of it. Meanwhile the true innovator, Olympus, don't even play in the 35mm SLR category any more. So much for the benefits of being original or idiosynchratic.
It's been said by others but I'll repeat it. It is not strange that a Pentax which looks exactly like a camera resembles a Nikon that also looks exactly like a camera. And that is a subjective viewpoint until the respective cameras are sharing the open market together. I suspect that once together they'll look like a dreadnought with a corvette alongside.
BTW news of the *ist D is everywhere in photography e-zines and chat/email lists. Apart from the 'N & C Appreciation Society' (aka photonet) I can't imagine where your impression of apathy comes from, Pal.
Regards, Anthony Farr
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