on 10/01/02 12:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes that's nice, and I believe you, but...
WHAT ABOUT THE FOOT POWDER? Cameron > Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:00:11 +0200 > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Pentax at Photokina > Message-ID: <001701c26974$7bef5340$b7ad4382@oemcomputer> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Some interesting(?) tidbits from the Pentax universe > > Apparently, this years Pentax photokina delegation was among the largest ever > including the boss and heaps of engineers. Weird, considering they had nothing > to show. However, it turns out that they indeed showed a LOT but behind closed > doors locked in a large safe (no I'm not making this up; I have this from a > guy who was part of the Pentax delegation but not allowed into the room! Only > the utter hot-shots were allowed apparently). I have no idea about the > contents of this safe is but it's believed it's not the digital K-mount slr. > After all, that one is not that secret (probably already on the distributors > order list). > It was said that Photokina was less seen as a news fair nowadays and more of a > trade show (they are apparently thinking of arranging it every three year > instead of every two). Some informed observes suggest that Pentax will want to > celebrate their corporate name change (and 50th year of slr production) with > product releases (they wil get more attention this way). The speculaters can > guess whats in that safe. The pessimist will insist it's the next $100 P&S > while the (incurable) optimist will believe it is new KAF3 lenses with USM and > IS plus matching cameras. > > Pål
