Hmm. I find this difficult to believe. Pentax Taiwan releases pics of the new DSLR 'exclusively' to a web site?? I do not believe this to be true. Maybe they are claiming the pics are exclusive to them, but I seriously doubt this.
Cotty >Although it did not make it on time to be released during the PhotoKina >Germany, Pentax Taiwan stated that it would be formally introduced in the >coming PMA2003 for the US market, with the view of worldwide release. From >the exclusive photographs we obtained from Pentax Taiwan, the first D-SLR >will adopted the top SLR body of MZ-S as rumored, with a APS-size CCD of >dimension 24x16mm (it replaces the full-sided CCD in collaboration with >Philips by probably a Sony one). The D-SLR is planned to be in the >6million pixel class. More important is that the price will be around >200,000 yen according to our source (equivalent to 40000 Taiwanese dollar >in street price), which is about half of the price of D-SLR of other >brands. Comparing with Nikon D100 or Canon D60 which are based on >amateur-class SLRs, the Pentax D-SLR is based on the top class of MZ-S >which is a semi-pro SLR comparable with Nikon F100. This Pentax D-SLR is >very competitive in price and adds pressure to the low-priced Foveon X3 >CMOS sensor Sigma SD-9 which is going to be released in November 2002. > ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________
