When it comes to a common chassis for film and digital, I there's less here than meets the eye. Some of the major camera structures are going to be very different between the two types of cameras. There's no film transport mechanism or film plane in a digital camera, but lots more electronics. There will be commonality of subsystems between the cameras, i.e., AF, AE, switches, knobs, lens mount, shutter, etc.
BR -----Original Message----- From: Pål Jensen [mailto:paaljensen@;sensewave.com] Thats why the story provided by Pentax UK, all new slr's from the same chassis, makes sense. I'm not convinced the MZ-S as building block for the whole Pentax slr line-up makes sense. The MZ-S was designed as a digital slr from ground up and later engineered into a film slr. This cannot be ideal. A new chassis that is engineered from ground up for both film and digital seem to make more sense. Pål
