On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 05:52:46PM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > Folks, from Russian Penta Club forum we know that K100D (or whatever is > the name) is new Pentax DSLR. It has IS and better AF which is > significant step up for Pentax. > > Why it is not mentioned anywhere else? Say, www.dpreview.com hasn't a > word about it... > > On PDML we have few folks who can read Russian (including me)... It > simply puzzles heck out of me - why K100D is not mentioned anywhere else? > > Enlighten me, will you?
Because the camera is not supposed to be shown to the public yet, and the Russian showing wasn't officially sanctioned by Pentax. That means this isn't official information about a new camera, but just details about a pre-production prototype. It might not ever make it to production - after all, it's generally believed that there is at least one working MZ-D being used within Pentax. It's good for speculation, but not for news. One thing I'd like to know is whether there were power contacts and/or additional signal contact pins in the lens mount.
