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Pentax Film Project

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
3Percent
3Percent Senior Member • Posts: 1,045
Well...

Lothman wrote:

flektogon wrote:

Leica and Pentax are the only two photography cameras manufacturers, who still use the optical viewfinders even in their digital cameras. Leica actually never abandoned film cameras, but Pentax can easily (re)introduce a film camera.

And I am looking forward to see it! It will be definitely a master piece. Not that I would buy it, no, no. I am happy with the digital photography! 40 years devoted to the film photography was enough for me .

What is a "Masterpiece"?, I doubt Pentax has the resources to do a Masterpiece, it will be an average film camera.

I also do not believe all the talk in this thread of "young people" and "good niche market" for Pentax. 100 customers on this planet are a marktet - OK, but will this be profitable for Pentax. I doubt.

Even Nikon has stopped producing their "Masterpiece" F6 in the end of 2020. What can Pentax offer as a better or more successful camera than a F6?

So because one camera model stopped selling, or a company decided to stop selling it, that alone is reason to believe that no more film cameras could ever be produced or sold again, ever, forever and ever?

Leica just re-released the M6 for crying out loud. A much more expensive camera than the F6.

The truth is, only Nikon knows why it stopped producing and selling film cameras. Speculation is futile.

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