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Pentax Film Project

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
JeremieB Senior Member • Posts: 2,041
Re: Pentax Film Project
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RBIV wrote:

I wondered if and when this might happen given the unexpected robustness of film sales. I figured it would be Nikon,

They abandoned because you can't put PDAF points on film But yes in my opinion their current model is more Nikon than Leica.

but happy with Pentax decision. I hope it works out.

I have no interest in a film camera but it might actually pay for Pentax to reconnect to their history. If they can really succeed in making cameras both affordable and modern, then why not.

At least they try to "shake things" a little. They shake things in very very slow motion but still

Some things he says seemed like direct answers to this forum, like anticipating that people will complain that Pentax shouldn't spend time on this. I liked the answer, more or less, "we don't care we want to do this"

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