OLYMPUS started the trend to smaller SLRs in the 70's with the OM-1. Pentax actually blundered with their development and release of their first K cameras which were BIGGER than the spotmatics and they standardized on 52mm filters for "K". It took them 3 years to get the smaller M bodies and lenses out and to go back to 49mm filters as they had in the screwmount era.
JC O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" - Thomas Jefferson -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 12:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K7 On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 08:57:03AM -0600, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desjardins, Steve" > Subject: RE: Pentax K7 > > > > Good, our work is done. > > > > Seriously, I'm very encouraged by this camera. Pentax is a small > > company > > competing with much a lot of pre-established opinions about what they are > > and what their competitors are. This is a very well built camera with > > many genuinely useful features and a reasonable collection of good lenses. > > This is all I want Pentax to be. My only fear is them actually staying in > > business, but I think the pro/enthusiast level is probably right for them. > > It's a return to their 1980s heyday when they were putting out > smallish but > very competent cameras that sold like hotcakes. I think it's a really good > move for them. The market of high performance cameras has been populated by > beheamoths for far too long. > > William Robb I agree, although I'd shift the comparison timeframe a little earlier. The MX was small, fully-featured for what it claimed to be, and pretty successful. It was also aimed at the low end of the pro market (and had a 5ps drive :-) Interestingly enough the competition then for that style of camera was also Olympus, with their OM-1. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
