It's even confusing PPG; just had a look at Pentax KM (PPG > Image Data > Camera Models) and saw shots taken with the K-m mixed in there...
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 4:35 AM, John Celio <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
