Roland wrote: > The news about the *ist is certainly very exciting. I agree with those (P�l > and others) who sees this as an "entry level" camera (after all, that's what > Pentax Japan calls it and since they designed the camera, they should know > :-) ). The *ist is probably the first model in a new SLR serie that replaces > the current MZ-line. It's the entry model in this serie. It replaces the > MZ-7 and MZ-6 (MZ-L/ZX-L). I believe the MZ-60 will be sold as long as it's > bought by consumers, but I feel that Pentax is not going to make a new model > for the P&S SLR market sector.
I think so too. Particularly in light of Pentax claim of having fewer bodies with higher sales volume each. According to this logic the *Ist make sense as entry level; it is not too expensive to appeal the *entrylevelists while it still appeal to buyers of mid class cameras due to its comprehensive specifications. Hence in this way the camera appeal to as many as possible which was Pentax goal. > P�l speculates about Pentax working on very different *ist, but since > they're going to be built upon the same chassi (according to Pentax UK > marketing director who said that Pentax is developing a new SLR chassi for > future Pentax SLR's) I doubt that they can be so different. But, who knows? I don't think it is meaningful to talk about chassis anymore as the new cameras are probably chassis less. I believe chassis in this context simply refer to a flexible production line and partsbin that can be used to put together several different cameras. The fact that the manufacturer want to make both digital and film versions of the same camera probably demand such flexibility. P�l
