> But the Pentax 67 can't take any backs, and the ones on the Pentax 645 > are inserts, not full backs.
So what. All Pentax needs to do is introduce a digital only body that will take the 645 lenses (and via the adapter, 67 lenses) and that is taken care of. A digital only body would be a clean sheet of paper apart from the lens mount. Naturally a modified 645 is most likley, but there is no need to try and cater for film AND digital when a digital body would be not that much more expensive than a digital back. Same deal for the 35mm version. Make it whatever shape you want. Make it from clip together modules if you want, like a hifi system. So long as the buyer can mount the Pentax glass, they're still in the camera business. The one thing that I think they should introduce is an interface cable that lets you talk to the firmware, and perhaps a little static RAM so that you can add to it. Then you could download the latest nifty PF from the net and install it. I'm sure that there a lot of nerds out there who would buy an open-source camera, just so that they could play with the software. Likewise there are probably third party companies that would happily sell you useful updates, just like the replacement scanner drivers that you can buy now. Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia
