----- Mensaje original ----- > De: P. J. Alling <[email protected]>
> So I've had way too much time on my hands, and I've been thinking about > the implications of the K-01 being a one off product. > > It seems that Ricoh could redeem itself by releasing a K mount module for the > GRX. Yes I know it's been proposed in the past, but now with Pentax and > Ricoh having combined photographic imaging operations it actually makes > sense. > It would also overcome the biggest beef that Pentax users had with the K-01, > a > lack of viewfinder. > > Heck the current price for a GRX base and a K module would be about the same > as > the original price for a K-01 assuming that the K module didn't cost any > more than the Leica M module. > > It would make a mirrorless body with an additional EVF a viable backup for > K-5 > users > > Finally Pentax could offer the GRX and the different modules in various > colors, > why the possibilities of bad taste in color combinations alone are endless! Yes, I agree, this would be great. However, in one of the recent (around Photokina) varous interviews with various Pentax-Rocoh engineers/managers, one of them said that they thought about it but that it did'nt quite fit with the portability of the GX-R concept due to the k-mount register distance needs. My interpretation is that the module resulted too thick to go well with the 'body'. I agree that Boris must have a more informed opinion about this... Regards, Jaume -- 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.
