On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 02:23:53PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > > Pragmatically, if that thing on top of the K-7 is an EVF, you're likely > > right. If it's a full-view, full magnification pentaprism, I'm going to > > suggest that it means I'm right, at least as far as "optical viewfinder" > > being included in the intended market differentiation strategy goes. > > Basing predictions for Pentax bodies on features showing up in past bodies > has not, historically, been a sure-fire strategy. A few examples:
Nothing is a sure fire strategy for predicting the future. > o Pentax put a 1/8000 shutter speed and 1/250 flash sync in the PZ-1p; > features that never showed up again in any future Pentax bodies (so > far; we'll see whether this remains true later this month). > > o They went back to requiring lenses with aperture rings for the MZ/ZX > (after having introduced the two-thumbwheel control model on the PZ- > series bodies). But, as the DA lenses have shown, that didn't last. Sure. And even if there is a plan, that doesn't mean it's going to be followed. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
