So the flagship will not be full frame. That's fine with me. I've invested quite a bit in DA lenses, and I intend to invest more. Paul On Sep 27, 2006, at 8:22 PM, K.Takeshita wrote:
> You will remember in the last year's show in Japan, Mr.Torigoe, the > head > honcho of imaging System Div gave an interview regarding the K > mount lens > and its future evolution etc. > This time, he offer somewhat broader view of their future plan in > Photokina. > His interview is obviously peppered with upbeat, positive and very > confident > tone, saying that the whole company is now motivated unlike last > Photokina > when Pentax were somewhat losing the sight. > > If I have time, I try to translate this interview (or perhaps > DPReview might > do so anyway), but list some snippets here. > > Q. K series digital is the main line, right? > A. K series digital will continue to "high end". > > Q. Does that mean the MF (645) Digital? > A. No. It is going to be the K mount. But I wish to pre-empt you. > High-end does not necessarily mean FF. It means we are preparing > to launch > a flagship model. > > Q. Considering the naming pattern, is it going to be K1D? > A. It's surely a K series camera. K1D could be one candidate but > the name > may not necessarily be K1D. I do not want to cause any speculation > here so > we want name it here, but it could be any name such as K20D or K30D > etc. > But the point is that we will launch more models so that our > customers have > a firm upgrade path. > > Q. K100D is a very popular model but the short supply of lenses is > really a > problem. > A. Indeed it is, and we are fully aware of it. Making lenses lead- > free was > taking time, and there was a period when Pentax was struggling. > > Q. Specifically how are you going to increase the lens lineup? > A. In the new lens road map, 10 lenses are shown, which will become > available in 2007. However, we know these are too small a number. > We are > going to launch far larger number of lenses. Our origin is optics, > and we > are determined to accelerate our lens offering capability now. We > are in > the process of completing such capabilities in response to the > needs by > customers. > > Q. Are there any quantitative targets or goals? > A. Sony are said to announce additional 21 lenses. This is a very > ambitious > plan. However, we wish to do more than they do. I cannot tell you > any > specific target now, but the determination exists and I intend to > proceed > with more restructuring to beef up the lens development capability. > > Q. Collaboration with Tokina? > A. It will of course continue. Important thing is Pentax are > changing. > Staff motivation is so high that the traditional top-down > management is now > changing into bottoms-up. We are now talking about the lens dream. > > Perhaps Coty should buy another hat and prepare to wrestle with a > 500Lb > flesh? ;-). > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
