Henry wrote: > I agree with your belief that Pentax did show something very good under the > table in Photokina 2002. But is there any chance that this new product is > still under early development? Pentax felt the heavy pressure from the > distributers to release something immediately and therefore has decided to > release a re-born MR-52 early next year when the Photokina delegates > returned to Japan after the show? This do not contradict with the Japanese > press report, Pentax UK email and the Taiwanese photo leak.
I guess everything is possible but this doesn't ring true in he light of Pentax claim that they will clean up their slr line-up. There is a new chassis coming and it certainly isn't far away. pentax have no reason for showing a prototype that's way off in the future. The film version of this camera was rumored for (this) fall release; now probably in spring. Pentax UK and my Pentax sources say this cameras sibling is the DSLR to be shown in the spring. Furthermore, the price of the DSLR is only about 30% higher than the MZ-S. The MZ-S is an expensive camera; a platform for an expensive DSLR. It doesn't seem likely to me that the same platform is suitable for a "cheap" DSLR. I guess time will tell but so far, Pentax UK statement is the most detailed one and is the same story as other pentax reps claim. So I'll stick to that until other definiteve sources tells otherwise. I wouldn't put any faith in the Taiwanese "leak" as it is obviously someone trying to get a "inside" slant of whats clearly just a citation of a japanese newspaper article. P�l
