Originally posted by AfterPentax Well, the GR III is by many considered as a camera which is excellent for street photography, So "Special Street Edition" is more to the point to celebrate the fact that it is used adn bought by many as a street camera. You can ask yourself the same question about the limited lenses, after all, they are just lenses, so 40mm F2.8 should suffice.
I don't think you quite get my point. It's not that they've chosen a special name for a special release but rather that they've managed to tack on nearly every possible
superlative they could think of. Thus my observation that "Special Street Edition" would be a suitable concatenation of "Street Edition Special Limited Kit", and would be
a whole lot easier to say and remember besides.
It's notable you should bring up Ricoh's use of the word "Limited". In the case of the lens line, "Limited" denotes a design philosophy of less is more. The 40/2.8 might
have very well been a 40/1.7 or some such, but it's design was >limited< in order to focus on the barest essentials to bring forth an extreme pancake lens while offering
exceptional rendering. On the other hand, this GR III special edition is merely 'limited' in the sense that will be available for only a limited time and in limited quantities.
The term is aptly included in the lens name, (even if it's usage is confusing), whereas it is redundant on the GR III Special Edition.