Todd wrote:
> I think there is only so far you can go and still call it a LX. Adding AF
> is a pretty big one, and when you start doing things like adding LCD
> screens, extra switches, taking away the mechanical parts and replacing
> them with electronic (such as the self timer, DOF preview, mechanical
> shutter speeds) - you end up with a totally different camera.
But you could still call it an LX. Just look at Nikon and the various F bodies: F, F2,
F3, F4 and F5. I can't see why similar things can't be done from an LX to an LXII.
All Pentax needs to do is to make a camera thats obviously is inspired by the original
LX in design and looks and that fill a similar role in the line-up.
>Pentax
> should start from the ground up with a totally new camera that has many of
> the features of the LX - OTF metering, sealed construction, MLU, etc. plus
> new features like AF, program exposure, matrix metering, builtin winder,
> etc. (hopefully this is the rumored flagship).
I'm certain a new LX will be built from scratch. There's hardly any sense to base the
camera on parts from the late 70's particularly when the manufacturing line is being
closed down. I've heard that the factory workers was relieved when the decicion of
stopping LX production came.
>Then they should come out
> with the Limited camera - this shouldn't be a LXII either, but can still
> has some features that the LX has like mechanical speeds, OTF metering, and
> maybe even that battery pack/AF motor/winder deal that Nenad thought of.
I'm willing to bet that an LX replacement is the Limited camera.
P�l
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