Shel Belinkoff writes:
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
I was referring to some kind of body to match the Limited lenses.
I didn't mean to give the impression that such a thing exists, just that I
would like to see/own one :)
Cheers,
WHO???
I once tried to show my LX to Bill Owens. He refused
even to look at it.
Doug
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Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
Shel, I didn't realize that the rumor parade had taken a break at some
point just over two years ago! ;)
The rumor parade never ends at PDML!
The Limited Camera is the obvious
It was written:
David A. Mann wrote:
I can only hope it's the Limited camera.
That would be the only thing that would make this okay.
-Aaron
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
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There are no
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
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It`s the new LXII with a spot metering viewfinder. Is this a dream?
If it was available, would you buy it? I would.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Shel wrote:
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
I believe the Limited camera is the MZ-1 (I could be wrong of course). Firstly , there
will be an MZ-1 (at least one is planned); It's pretty obvious.
The MZ-S is, as I understand it, a
I knew i could count on you to jump in g.
Pål Jensen wrote:
Shel wrote:
Are we about to embark on another two year rumor parade? What's the
Limited camera?
I believe the Limited camera is the MZ-1 (I could be wrong of course). Firstly ,
there will be an MZ-1 (at least one is
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From: Steve Larson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Good bye LX...
Cesar, I did, and it was red wine also. I saved the vintage March, and
broke
Admin wrote:
We must do something to mark the end of an age...
Perhaps some kind of ceremony at the PDML Grandfather Mountain weekend?
Maybe we could invite Tanya and get her to ceremonially throw
one off a cliff?
mike
(who is as sad as anyone else.)
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mike wilson writes:
Maybe we could invite Tanya and get her to ceremonially throw
one off a cliff?
Let me know if you do so I can be waiting at the bottom with some baseball
gloves.
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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Why is it
PAUL STENQUIST wrote:
I had to work late today, so I am just now sipping some good Scotch
Whiskey with my LX. (I won't let the LX have any; no need to test the
efficacy of its seals.) But from among the dozens of cameras I've owned
over several dozen years, the LX is by far my favorite.
Ernest wrote:
Maybe one of our Japanese member can answer this, but how is the LX selling
in Japan? I have a feeling that if Pentax had not stopped marketing the LX
outside of Japan a few years ago, it's production could have continued, ad
infinitum. Or at least a few more years, give
I'm surprised the words emergency and gray market haven't
popped up...
Regards,
Stephen Moore
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OK. I am sitting here waiting for the emergency
department to phone. If I close my eyes a bit, I will
be in the gray market zone. Happy? :)
I'm surprised the words emergency and gray
market haven't
popped up...
Regards,
Stephen Moore
You got a Zarg in here? Are you *nuts*???
I'm not
Yoshihiko wrote:
Tha current sales number of LX was still larger than that of
PZ-1p in Japan, I heard recently from a Pentax person.
That somehow doesn't surprise me although I suspect it says less about the popularity
of the LX than the unpopularity of the Z-1p. In many markets (most?) the
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May I join you guys in a toast? I knew the day would come, but I
did not think it would be so soon. What a camera.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
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Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote;
The reason LX production stops is lack of (electronic) parts.
I'm not surprised at all. Actually, I'm surprised they've been able to keep
making it this long (probably had parts in inventory).
I work in Components Engineering for a company that makes
Recently Pal wrote:
That somehow doesn't surprise me although I suspect it says less about the
popularity of the LX than the unpopularity of the Z-1p. In many markets
(most?)
the Z-1p has been a total failure saleswise.
Ouch..Somehow I think PZ-1p's sales failure is more a testament to
So there's hope for me yet! Thanks for the tip, Aaron. I'll have to keep my eyes
open.
regards,
frank
Aaron Reynolds wrote:
Frank Theriault wrote:
Thanks for the enablement, Steve! Now, if you could only enable me enough
money! :-)
Frank, I got mine at International Camera in
: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Good bye LX...
Thanks for the enablement, Steve! Now, if you could only enable me
enough
money! :-)
Seriously, knowing how much I love my Spotmatics, and hearing and reading
how
well-made and jewel-like the LX's are, I'm kind of afraid to try
I once tried to show my LX to Bill Owens. He refused even to look at it.
Doug
At 5:47 PM -04004/27/01, Frank Theriault brandished a crayon and scribbled:
Just hearing you LX owners rave about them is almost enough, Steve. That's why
I'm resisting holding and firing one. I have a feeling
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From: Matamoros, Cesar A. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:27 AM
Subject: RE: Good bye LX...
Steve,
I hope you did. Funny, I opened up a bottle of red wine - I have to
look at the particular one I grabbed from my pantry 'cellar' and began the
toasting.
I
Pål Jensen writes:
I also supect that Pentax will bring an LX replacement, at least pricewise,
fairly soon.
I can only hope it's the Limited camera.
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him
Hello,
It's a pity but Pentax recently announced that LX will be
totally discontinued at the end of this coming July.
Just an information.
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Yoshihiko Takinami
Osaka, Japan
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Matamoros, Cesar A. wrote:
I never imagined the day
when it would not be produced.
I think I will go home tonight and
take them out and toast to their years
of good service.
I like that idea. I'll join you in a toast.
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A pity indeed. I am deeply saddened by this, although it was
inevitable.
Yoshihiko Takinami wrote:
Hello,
It's a pity but Pentax recently announced that LX will be
totally discontinued at the end of this coming July.
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Shel
Recently Shel Belinkoff wrote:
A pity indeed. I am deeply saddened by this, although it was
inevitable.
Think of it this way (optimistically): now Pentax has some highly-qualified
resources for producing some other neat things, maybe the real flagship...
Cheers,
Bot
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Bojidar Dimitrov wrote:
Think of it this way (optimistically): now
Pentax has some highly-qualified
resources for producing some other neat
things, maybe the real flagship...
I appreciate your optimistic attitude, but, IMO, there has only
been, and will always be, but one flagship Pentax
Please relate the following heart felt reaction to Asahi Optical Company for
me:
HGGG!!!
We must do something to mark the end of an age...
Regards,
Bob...
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Hello,
It's a pity but Pentax recently
A pity indeed. I am deeply saddened by this, although it was
inevitable.
Yoshihiko Takinami wrote:
Hello,
It's a pity but Pentax recently announced that LX will be
totally discontinued at the end of this coming July.
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There are no rules for
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We must do something to mark the end of an age...
Perhaps some kind of ceremony at the PDML Grandfather Mountain weekend?
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Albano wrote:
I think it's the long feared end of an era. The era of quality.
I hope I am wrong, but I doubt we will see qualitiy craftmanship in equipment in
the future. It seems everything now must be consumer electronics.
I don't think so. I believe its a start of a new era although it
Perhaps weeping and sack cloth and ashes?
Or burning a Canon in effigy?
Collin
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Subject: Re: Good bye LX...
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:31:18 -0700
-- Original Message --
We must do something to mark
When I was a teenager, in the early '70's, just getting into photography, I wanted a
Spotmatic more than anything else. I couldn't afford one, and for less than 1/2 the
price, I got a Praktica. Hey, at least it was screwmount!
I got back into photography about 3 years ago, when my late father
Strange questionI wonder if anyone said the same thing about the
Spot when the LX was introduced?
Norm
P.S. I'm with you BTW Shel...
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
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I think it's the long feared end of an era. The era of quality.
I hope I am wrong, but I doubt we will
In that case, Albano, I regret to inform you that you are 156 years old.
Tom C.
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I I'm not an old dog bow-wowing, I'm 22,
but the current cameras lack soul
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Frank Terry-O (got that from the Spotmatic Boardroom) wrote:
But, if the Spotmatic is any guide, 25 years from now, there'll be LX
clubs,
web-pages, they'll be actively bid for on eBay (or its replacements).
Because, as
mentioned, unlike many plastic blobs of cameras made today, Lord knows
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Subject: Re: Good bye LX...
Strange questionI wonder if anyone said the same thing about the
Spot when the LX was introduced?
Norm
P.S. I'm with you BTW Shel...
Shel
Lasse and Take had this exchange:
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And I expect of course that our Japanese friends will
perform a collective and public ha-ra-ki-ri outside the
Pentax headquarters...:)
The orthodox harakiri ceremony needs someone to cut the
person's neck with his sword... :-p
Not Japanese, but
Thanks for the enablement, Steve! Now, if you could only enable me enough
money! :-)
Seriously, knowing how much I love my Spotmatics, and hearing and reading how
well-made and jewel-like the LX's are, I'm kind of afraid to try one! I'm
afraid I'll be hooked! Let's see, my stereo is just
Nikon had just recently announce the introduction of the FM3, a new non-AF,
fully mechanical, metal clad camera with apperture priority AE. At about the
same time, Pentax announced that it is going to stop production of the LX, a
non-AF, fully mechanical, metal clad camera with apperture
Subject: RE: Good bye LX...
Hey Shel,
We can do a 'synchronicity' variation and do a mutual toasting to
the LX.
Strange idea, but I just got out of a mission debriefing and the
mind just tends to wonder...
César
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