Perhaps Pentax historians will correct me, but something like this may have occurred during the great days of the SLR. The Olympus OM-1 (1972) introduced a small form factor and used a series of relatively small, lightweight lenses. Pentax, of course, followed a with small (K and M) cameras, and with the M series of small, lightweight lenses. Olympus may be poised to do to digital SLRs what the OM did to 35mm.
A Mike Johnston essay on rethinking the specifications of digital SLRs can be found here: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/sm-02-04-14.htm Mike suggests that we're now in the "horseless carriage" era of digital SLRs. The rethinking of the digital SLR indicated by the Olympus redesign of the camera and lenses to match the imaging chip, instead of designing the imaging chip to use existing cameras and lenses, may move the industry away from what Mike terms "oldthink". BTW, the new Olympus will have a shorter back focus than the (now discontinued) OM cameras, so the OM lenses won't fit. An adapter may be possible. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
