Ok folks, it's time to come clean, I am an assistant to the CEO Asahi Optical Co., and am authorized to let you know we have entered negotiations with Canon, Canon will under terms support K-mounts for the next 10 years in some of their EOS cameras, as well as some digital models. It's been a wonderful run, and we appreciate our loyal customers, but feel this opportunity, will give users cameras we have not been able to make final. We are giving you this information first as you have been the most loyal customer base. As of May 31 at Midnight 2003, Asahi Optical Co. will cease to exist. We wish you the best of luck.
Sincerely, Brad Dobo Assistant to the CEO, Asahi Optical Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:19 PM Subject: RE: New Pentax SLR platform > Often too much information is discouraging. > Marketing departments are always trying out prototypes, most of which > never get any where near users, except for response testing. > An employer of mine a few years ago went to the old Apple facility in the > Dallas, TX, area. > Nice tour, & on the walk he saw this square box sitting on a desk. > "What's that?" he asked. > "You didn't see that" was the very clear response. > Apparently a pre-release Mac or Lisa. But who knows. > My suspicion is that the same scenario is playing out here. > Let us be hopeful, but no too much so. > Pentax held onto Screw Mount for as long as they could milk it. > They held onto manual focus for as long as they could milk it. > The LX was on the market for how long? > This is a good but very slow company. > I don't look for anything exciting in the next couple of years. > > Collin > > At 07:57 AM 11/2/2002 +1100, you wrote: > >Your just doing this to tease us aren't you Pal? :):):):):) > > > >Shaun Canning > >PhD Student > >Archaeology Department > >La Trobe University, Bundoora, > >Australia, 3086. > > > >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Phone: 0414-967 644 > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: P�l Jensen [mailto:paaljensen@;sensewave.com] > >Sent: Saturday, 2 November 2002 01:33 > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: New Pentax SLR platform > > > >Not everybody have been convinced about a new platform for Pentax 35mm slr > >and digital slr. However, I gotten the basic fact as stated by Pentax UK > >confirmed today from other inside sources. What I cannot get confirmed is > >that all future cameras will be built on this chassis as Pentax UK claim. My > >source simply didn't know. It makes sense though. > >The story is that a new film SLR, which is supposedly superb and extremely > >good looking, has been shown under the table. The specification of this > >camera is unknown but it apparently isn't entry level as it is described as > >fabulous. The new digital slr is based on this camera. Hence, this is a new > >35mm/digital sibling pair just like the MZ-S/MD-S. Note that this camera is > >built on a completely new chassis; it is not based on the MZ-S or the lesser > >MZ models. Nor does it looks like the MZ-S or the other MZ- models. > > > >P�l >
