It was shelved in mid-october publicly. Which means they probably started on a backup a month or so before that, at least. Could well be ready for PMA. Perhaps the lack of formal announcment is because the camera is hardly ground breaking in the industry, and they are a bit embarrassed. If they dont show anything, that would be even worse because everyone would be saying 'where is the digital you had last year - now you have nothing!'
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 31 January 2002 13:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: No Pentax digital SLR at PMA=3 F (WAS: Cool colors: blue, > purple...) > > > Kevin Waterson wrote: > > >Pål wrote: > > > >> However, there are anonymous posting an Japanese Pentax > forums that Pentax > >> will release a 3Mpix digital slr built around the MZ-S > chassis. According > >> to this rumor it will be released in March and cost > 1200USD (presumably > >> in Japan). > >> Only time will tell if this information is credible or not... > > > >Whats the point of releasing a 3Mp SLR, when 6 is the > accepted norm and > now > >striving for 8-12? > > After the fiasco of the original MZ-Digital, Pentax realize > they need to > get something - ANYTHING - into the digital SLR market > quickly to assure > the public thet Pentax is going to remain a vialble system. > If they don't > people will start bailing out of the Pentax system in droves. > I said last > year that I thought 2002 would be pivotal and I'm even more > convinced of > that now. Olympus has killed off its OM line because it's > incompatible with > the lens system of their upcoming digital SLR. Contax looks > set to get their > N1-D on the market, even if it is late. Only Minolta and > Pentax left out > now and I'm sure both have cameras under development. Pentax > is at a disadvantage > because of running down a blind alley so long with the > original MZ-Digital. > Perhaps they had a less expensive digital SLR on the drawing > boards all > along but if not they've only been working on it since the > MZ-Digital was > cancelled in December. If that's the case it's *way* too > early to expect > anything at PMA. > > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
