As a recall, over 10 years ago Pentax submitted a patent on a rangefinder design but never proceeded on it.
I was hoping that Cosina would eventually come out with a fixed lens digital rangefinder based on a Bessa-R sized body, but they don't seem interested in doing so. Jeffery On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Cotty wrote: > I hope that Pentax are watching this one. Something like this is just > the sort of thing that could create a niche market. Leica is just too > expensive. Not everyone wants to compose using a LCD. Like a bit of > quality but without an extortionate price tag. A decent name and > pedigree - this is something I have been waiting for. > > There was nothing wrong with the way cameras in the past were used to > make photos. You held the thing up to your eye, clicked the shutter and > that was it. It didn't need reinventing with a screen. Okay, make > something with a screen as well because having both ways would be > beneficial to some people. But just provide a screen and no viewfinder > at all? Nuts. Complete waste of time to me. Not interested in the slightest. > > At the moment I am camera-less. In the coming year I was contemplating > getting back into stills photography a bit and was mulling over some > possibilities, Pentax included. I probably would have (still might) look > for another Epson R-D1 as I have seen nothing yet to better it - Leica > included. If the Fuji is good, then job done. I'm in. > > Pentax used to have a name for niche quality. It would be nice if they > could start that up again. They are doing so with the latest K series, > and the D645 looks a real beauty. A decent rangefinder crossbreed like > the Fuji would be a brilliant addition... > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.
