Originally posted by i83N 
No offense, but you sound like someone who never shot on b&w film.
You are wrong about that. It has been a long time certainly, but I shot mainly b&w film when I was a photography student. (I actually have a undergrad 4-year degree in film & photography, believe it or not.) Don't see what that has to do with anything though. Whether I shot film or not won't change the demand profile of the world for a monochromatic camera. Again, sure I'd like one, I'd like a lot of things, but probably couldn't justify the expense. (And I'd probably prefer a medium format monochrome while we are at it -- that would be awesome.) But again, don't see what my preferences matter other than as an example of a person who *isn't* clamoring for Pentax to make one, since I most likely would not buy it. (I'm more likely to get a 645N film rig and shoot b&w film again, in fact -- that's something I've been thinking about.)
It is pretty obvious there isn't much demand, and you haven't shown any evidence otherwise. The fact that you started this thread wondering why the "demand" hasn't shown itself is contrary evidence, is it not?
That's all I was saying: You are asking "Why isn't the community bugging Pentax about making a monochrome?" (With the assumption that lots of people secretly want that but don't want to talk about it for some reason, which is a very strange assumption.) Instead you should be asking, "Why doesn't the community much want a monochrome?" (Since it is quite obvious there is only little interest.)
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