Alan Chan wrote: > What about a digital LX which is every bit the same as the original LX, > except with a "Digital Back LX"? You must wind the film (of > course there is > no film, but Pentax keep the winding mechanism anyway for the purists) to > take the next picture. What happened when the next generation > multi-MegaPixel sensor was out? No problem, just released the > "Digital Back > LX-II". Cool huh?! :)
That does sound good. Sadly, I don't think it will happen as using the materials that the original LX used, would make it very expensive - plastics are extensively used, where metal used to be the standard (by no means a camera industry issue) and everyone is LCD mad, not the older styles of manual display. New technology and take up by a new generation, the LX is a relic of the past and has no 'connection' with today's world. You only have to look at the mobile telephone craze to see each manufacturer try to outdo each other with functions; but at the end of the day a 'phone call is basically all it gives and - camera wise - no matter how many bells and whistles your camera has, it only takes a photograph. People are obsessed by technology. Basics are important, if you have 'nothing' to say no matter how good your 'phone is, it will not make up for that - and neither will your camera compensate for skills you have yet to learn. I'll stick with film and my LX/MXs for now :-) Malcolm
