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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
05-20-2019, 06:48 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-28-2019, 07:08 AM
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A bit off-topic but anyway...
2019 is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Asahi Optical Joint Stock Co. It's also the centenary of Olympus: the latter was founded on 12 October 1919 as Takachiho seisakusho (高千穂製作所 = Takachiho plant). The Olympus brand was introduced in February 1921. The name of the company itself was changed to Olympus Optical Co., Ltd (オリンパス光学工業株式会社 = Olinpasu kōgaku kōgyō kabushiki-gaisha) on 1st January 1949.
At their CP+ booth, Olympus are exhibiting re-editions of the OM cameras of the film era with the outer body of an Olympus OM-1, OM-2 or OM-3 and, inside, the innards of a (digital) Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III. They say they want to test their clients' appetite for fully manual digital cameras but, so far, they don't plan to bring these re-editions to market.
Black-painted brass with hand-worn edges showing the bare metal is used for the body: upper and lower covers and some of the dials. The leatherette is that of Olympus OMs. The removable grip is that of the OM-3.
The mount is a functional Olympus OM mount. The shutter dial is functional: it sets the electronic diaphragm. There is also a (functional) dial to adjust the ISO sensitivity.
The information and the photos above come from a report published by Digital Camera Watch : 【イベントレポート】【CP+2019】OM-D E-M1Xの機動力で訴求するオリンパスブース - デジカメ Watch
What do you think of this initiative? Would you like Ricoh Imaging to exhibit and potentially sell as part of their 'selection of commemorative goods' the equivalent from Pentaxland ? For instance a digital MX or a digital LX with the outer shell, dials and commands of the original model and the innards of a K-1 II?
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-26-2019, 10:46 PM
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They will: its current name is KP Custom. ;)
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-26-2019, 10:23 AM
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It's 2:30 in the morning in Japan...
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
02-26-2019, 02:33 AM
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it's perfectly reasonable for a camera company to write HISOTRY. ;)
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