That makes the generous assumption that Pentax =has= a naming system. Oh, wait--it's a division of their marketing department. That explains everything!
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 9/26/09, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Celio <[email protected]> > Subject: Pentax's naming system > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 4:35 PM > So I was thinking about the K-x the > other night while taking photos of my 1.5 year old nephew > trying to drink from his dad's empty bottle of Mike's Hard > Lemonade, when it occurred to me that the door is open for > Pentax to bring back all sorts of past model names for their > future dSLRs. > > The K-m and K-x, as we all know, reference the KM and KX > from the days of yore, so what's to stop Pentax from making, > say, a K-mx (retaining the "K-" to fit with the current > naming standard). It could be the small, manual, > barebones and super simple camera that many oldtimers yearn > for. Then, if you put in most of the full-auto > features (including a very basic autofocus system) in the > same small body, you'd have something one might call a K-me > or K-zx. Make a larger, semi-pro model that has > interchangeable viewfinders and other accessories and call > it the K-lx, make a fat & ugly model and call it the > K-sfx, and make one that takes film and call it the K-istD > (just for irony's sake). > > None of these things will ever happen, of course, but it's > fun to think about. > > John > ("You may say I'm a dreamer...") > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
