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[OM] Re: [OT] Did Maitani go to Pentax?

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Did Maitani go to Pentax?
From: Thomas Heide Clausen <omlist@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:51:12 +0100
On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:37:40 -0500
Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Still in the throes of where to go digitally I stopped off yesterday at 
> a well supplied photo store to take a look at the Minolta A1 the Schnozz 
> has been considering as a "bridge" camera.  Very nice.  Also got to 
> compare to a C5060. A very nice but much different camera which only 
> added to my confusion.  Bridge camera or not I still need to replace the 
> little 2 MP Nikon Coolpix 800 that I just gave my son so he could have a 
> web shot cam to take to Iraq with him.  I miss instant photography 
> already.  Primitive as it was that thing was really useful.
> 
> The main point however, is that I was handed both a Pentax *ist D and 
> and an E-1 at the same time.  First time I'd ever seen the Pentax.  Its 
> diminutive size and large viewfinder compared to the E-1 took me back 
> about 30 years to when I first started comparing the OM-1 with its Canon 
> and Nikon competition.  I couldn't help but think that with Olympus's 
> heritage the *ist D is what Maitani would have designed.
> 
> A very beautiful little camera with no hope of an OM adapter and (like 
> the E-1) no image stabilization.  Now I'm more confused than ever... 

Well....there are numerous speculations and discussions on the P*ntax list,
that the "next gen" from P*ntax will be both digital and 35mm with image
stabilization.

Of course, as with any internet mailing list, things tend to hyperbole from
time to time and very little information can be considred authoritative....

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