[Mikesul]

Thanks, MMVIII.

[jpzk]

If my Focus is anything to go by... It's going to be terrible and (literally) start falling apart in less than a year.

Great automatic transmission ...
I have one of these!
And it's going away in early October.
That said, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Mistral75]

Ok. Where would i find this pixelated photo? I have checked as much of the thread as I can stand but can find no photo of the bottom of the camera.

It's on the Ricoh Imaging twitter Account
Twitter

It's Ricoh Imaging SQ actually, the official Twitter account of Ricoh Imaging Square Shinjuku, Ginza et Osaka.





and the pixelated one.

[ventaxian]

Pictures?

Even more interesting...are there two or more copies?! The original is still in Japan on display there.


Steve

Confusing....the Dutch representative of Ricoh said he brought this one from the Japanese exhibition and apparently there are only three copies

[Mistral75]

Confusing....the Dutch representative of Ricoh said he brought this one from the Japanese exhibition and apparently there are only three copies

Look at the piece of tape on the camera name to identify each copy.

[PJ1]

apparently there are only three copies

So I imagine there is someone out there clicking away with the third ....

[stevebrot]

Confusing....the Dutch representative of Ricoh said he brought this one from the Japanese exhibition and apparently there are only three copies

The one in Japan is on display through 29 Sept according to the Twitter post from the place where it is displayed.

Twitter

I take this to mean we know the location of two out of three copies.


Steve

[stevebrot]

So I imagine there is someone out there clicking away with the third ....

With amazing results, I am sure...special x-ray sensor!


Steve

(...hoping to get picked up as an expert on PentxRumors...)

[solitudebound]

Expecting the name to be something practical such as the KH-#. There isn't a necessity to have it limited to two characters and a hyphen but not as irritatingly long a Olympus camera model designations particularly with succession models.
Might be confused withe Fujifilm X-H1 , however the KP is already an off hand designation and then there is the KX.

Could be something silly like K-Pi or 3.1415... Nope bad idea. Although lately brands have had a fascination with ancient Greek alphabet characters.

[ffking]

The weird thing about the pixelated baseplate is that that picture has no other use than to show the baseplate, so one has to assume that the only reason for posting it is to say there's something you can't see - a touch of "Do Not Throw Stones at This Sign"

[stevebrot]

although lately brands have had a fascination with ancient greek alphabet characters.

Pentax Δ-Τ-Χ ???

Delta-Tau-Chi, a historical reference.


Steve

[monochrome]

Expecting the name to be something practical such as the KH-#. There isn't a necessity to have it limited to two characters and a hyphen but not as irritatingly long a Olympus camera model designations particularly with succession models.

I suspect the KP name is a nod to the old AP



Looking at the below lens cap, here’s my guess for the name:

AO-C

Except in Southern California where it will be the A-OC.

[alfa75ts]

The weird thing about the pixelated baseplate is that that picture has no other use than to show the baseplate, so one has to assume that the only reason for posting it is to say there's something you can't see - a touch of "Do Not Throw Stones at This Sign"

Some possibilities:

[luftfluss]

Pentax Δ-Τ-Χ ???

Delta-Tau-Chi, a historical reference.


Steve

So buyers could anticipate a deeply religious experience?

[richandfleur]

Some possibilities:

3 is probably a label with model number written on it?