Ken, Thanks for all these "snippets." While I had my doubts in the past, I'll certainly stick with Pentax a while longer. I'm in no rush to upgrade, and, of course, these bits of dialogue are only precursors to anything that may happen. Still, it's nice to know that the people at Pentax may be enthusiastic and determined to improve and expand their product line and their quality. We shall see what the future brings, but it seems now that there is a brighter future. For a few years Pentax was stagnant. Now the K100D, and to a greater extent, the K10D, have at least generated lots of interest and excitement which will, hopefully, manifest in sales to customers who will be satisfied, and through their satisfaction and enthusiasm, generate greater possibilities for Pentax.
Allow me to be the first to raise my glass in a toast to the future of Pentax. May even some of what Mr.Torigoe says come true. I'm looking forward, but cautiously and carefully. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Ken Takeshita > Some other snippets from japanese site. Note: these are all > uncofirmed reports, some are well known, some are probably > speculation. > > 1. Pentax have been developing in-house CMOS. This > was in a press release right safter the announcement of istD. > > 2. Tamro0n's SP Macro is on 2 months waiting, mostly due > to the success of K100D. > > 3, High end K DSLR is 12mp. > > 4. New lens factory in Vietnam being built will be compoleted > next month. > > 5. Firmware update will enable ISO3200 (there was something > eolse to mgo with the production firmware but I forgot). > > Ken > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
