P.J., I'm not sure that he's claiming having come up with the concept, but rather the name, "DMD".
I have been asking for such a camera on the p-net Pentax forum for the better part of two years, as have many others. I wrote a blog post to Pentax requesting it, as have many others on their blogs, and not just Pentax shooters. The DMD is a ubiquitous idea (except inside camera company walls). Anyway, it doesn't matter, because our prayers have finally been answered and a kind soul of a camera company has produced such a camera: The Leica M9. And I am so grateful they're making it available to photographers in all walks of life by pricing it at $999.99. Ah, the magic of the 9 :-) I'm sure one day we'll have the simple digital camera many of us want. Hopefully arthritis won't have ravaged my joints by then. --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2009/9/6 P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: > I've just read Mike Johnston's blog and his call for a Digimat kind of burns > me. Back in the dim days when he was a regular poster on this list, I and > probably a few others suggested just such a camera, (I don't remember who, > but I wasn't alone). Simple no frills digital, maybe even manual focus, > based on something like the MZ/ZX-M. Now he posts it on his blog as if it > was his original idea. It's not like anyone pays me for my photographic > opinions, but it burns me a bit when someone claims an idea for their own > that obviously isn't. > > -- > > > The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or > drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a > damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is > not a free man any more than a dog. > > --G. K. Chesterton > -- 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.
