Fooled ya all didn't I? ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Dobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:37 PM Subject: Re: New Pentax SLR platform
> 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 > > >
