----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling"
Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)
I didn't have to. There were more than enough witness' to it's existence. It's not like I believe in flying saucers or not believe in them. I'm very cynical, but I believe there was a full frame 6 megapixal Pentax DSLR which, due to a large number of circumstances, put Pentax back into their cautious mode, when bold moves are probably necessary. I also believe that due to it's user interface it had full support for K/M lenses. Your statement to the contrary not withstanding.
The MZ-D(ebacle) was long enough ago that I don't remember for sure if they showed a working camera or a non working mock up. It's debatable, that they would have left the mechanical support on the MZ-D, had it seen the light of day anyway. Did I read in one of your posts that the istD had the mechanical linkages in preproduction models but by the time the camera was in stores, the linkage was gone?
William Robb