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Pentax Film Project

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
James O'Neill Veteran Member • Posts: 6,117
Re: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
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JeremieB wrote:

They say they'll start with a compact camera. And I suppose they may have knowledgeable historical Ricoh engineers that may have worked on film cameras, as they released a lot of them too. No need to delay Pentax DSLRs because of human resources in that case.

Not sure it will impact their plans for DSLRs. It's rather good news to see them try things instead of being shut down by Ricoh following recent news. I suppose Ricoh wouldn't invest in film if they planned to shut down the camera division very soon ... So, it might in fact be a good news for a K1III.

That's a valid point, and I think the optimist's view is that this a sign  of health in the Pentax part of Ricoh.  The pessimist's view is Pentax is alive, possibly well, but has gone utterly bat-shot crazy. No prizes for guessing which I tend towards

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