I think that the materials legislation implemented in EU a couple of years ago hit Pentax very hard. Something to do with Bromine-based flame-retardants in the plastics used in their lenses.
Jostein 2008/4/9 P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Interestingly enough the last 7 35mm film cameras Pentax made are listed > but noted to be discontinued. The medium format cameras are listed but > not discontinued. (The lens situation in Japan seems to be a bit > different than elsewhere in the world as well). > > Thibouille wrote: > > Just a short notice for you to know that Pentax website is now > > www.pentax.jp (instead of pentax.co.jp) and has been slightly change > > (on a cosmetic POV). It might lead to a better website design in the > > future hopefully. > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
