On 10 Jul 2004 at 16:57, Brian Walters wrote: > One of the articles is a feature on 50 years of association between Pentax and > its Australian distributor C R Kennedy and it's mainly a short history of Pentax > over that period.
Thanks for posting the information, I'll have to get a copy. It's very interesting as they are usually behind the list when it comes to info. In fact I've broken a few things to them in the past including public press releases that they were unaware of. I believe the article I posted last week regarding lens coating virtues is now making its rounds around the CRK office to much amusement. > The second article is an interview with Pentax CEO Fumio Urano. He doesn't let > much slip other than confirming that Pentax is taking digital seriously and that > he believes that "there is still some business to be done in film cameras". He > also mentions that Pentax is working on a digital medium format camera based on > the 645N. If they were serious they wouldn't be waving at the digital ship from the shore. I suspect that they've lost a lot of P645 shooters to 35mm frame digicams or current MF digi-solutions already. Anything that they produce in that arena better be well priced or it's going to be as much of a waste of time and resources as the MZ-D > The next 12 months should be interesting.... Certainly will be. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
