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A useless toy. Paul > On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > >  > https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Am 16.05.23 um 12:18 schrieb Paul Stenquist: > A useless toy. Very much so. Then again, as long as it brings money into Pentax' coffers it's just as fine with me as pink, neon-yellow or textmarker-green DSLRs. No-one forces us to buy them. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

I think the point of it, according to what I read, is that the useless toy is a test-bed on which Ricoh will develop a film SLR. It’s interesting to note that a lot of young people into photography are curious about film and want to explore possibilities. My own son has acquired a film SLR, and also took an old Olympus XA-2 I gave him on holiday loaded with Fujifilm. It seems the retro logistics of film is catching on - who’da thunk it?! Cotty On 16 May 2023, at 11:18, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: A useless toy.

Am 16.05.23 um 16:54 schrieb Steve Cottrell: > It’s interesting to note that a lot of young people into photography are curious about film and want to explore possibilities. My own son has acquired a film SLR, and also took an old Olympus XA-2 I gave him on holiday loaded with Fujifilm. It seems the retro logistics of film is catching on - who’da thunk it?! Some simple compact cameras from the naughties have acquired cult status. The Olympus :mju 2 in its simplest incarnation with the 35 mm lens goes on ebay for hundreds of euros, nowadays. Paid less than 100 new when I offered one to my mother for Xmas, many moons ago. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

If simply having fun is useless. You could say the same about my argue c3, but I got some of my best photos with it when I took it to burning man years ago On May 16, 2023 3:18:43 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: >A useless toy. > >Paul > >> On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >> >>  >> https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

It’s useless to those who, like me, still own plenary of film cameras. I guess there will be some market for it. but perhaps not enough to make it profitable for Ricoh. > On May 16, 2023, at 11:10 AM, lrc@red4est.com wrote: > > If simply having fun is useless. > You could say the same about my argue c3, but I got some of my best photos with it when I took it to burning man years ago > > On May 16, 2023 3:18:43 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: >> A useless toy. >> >> Paul >> >>> On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>> >>>  >>> https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

One could say the same thing about someone's split window Corvette that spends it's life locked in a trailer, only to be seen at car shows.. If there is full follow through on this, they will be releasing four film cameras to go after a resurgent market that is being underserved. Pentax has also announced that the old FA50/1.4 is being given some cosmetic updates (sadly, no optical ones from the looks of it), into two sister models which indicates that they are planning something other than an inexpensive standard prime for digital. bill On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 4:19 AM Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: > A useless toy. > > Paul > > > On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > > > >  > > > https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.

> On May 16, 2023, at 11:52 AM, Bill <anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com> wrote: > > One could say the same thing about someone's split window Corvette that > spends it's life locked in a trailer, only to be seen at car shows.. Perhaps, if one were given to exaggeration and fuzzy thinking. Yes, the camera has some value, but I think that for most of us, it’s not particularly useful. You can feel differently of course. Paul > > If there is full follow through on this, they will be releasing four film > cameras to go after a resurgent market that is being underserved. > Pentax has also announced that the old FA50/1.4 is being given some > cosmetic updates (sadly, no optical ones from the looks of it), into two > sister models which indicates that they are planning something other than > an inexpensive standard prime for digital. > > bill > > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 4:19 AM Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> wrote: > >> A useless toy. >> >> Paul >> >>> On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> wrote: >>> >>>  >>> >> https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Paul you lose any credibility you might have had when you resort to ad hominem attacks. bill On Tue., May 16, 2023, 10:33 a.m. Paul Stenquist, <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > On May 16, 2023, at 11:52 AM, Bill <anotherdrunkensot@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > One could say the same thing about someone's split window Corvette that > > spends it's life locked in a trailer, only to be seen at car shows.. > > Perhaps, if one were given to exaggeration and fuzzy thinking. > Yes, the camera has some value, but I think that for most of us, it’s not > particularly useful. You can feel differently of course. > Paul > > > > > If there is full follow through on this, they will be releasing four film > > cameras to go after a resurgent market that is being underserved. > > Pentax has also announced that the old FA50/1.4 is being given some > > cosmetic updates (sadly, no optical ones from the looks of it), into two > > sister models which indicates that they are planning something other than > > an inexpensive standard prime for digital. > > > > bill > > > > On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 4:19 AM Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@mac.com> > wrote: > > > >> A useless toy. > >> > >> Paul > >> > >>> On May 16, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Steve Cottrell <cotty@seeingeye.tv> > wrote: > >>> > >>>  > >>> > >> > https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/pentaxs-new-film-camera-will-have-a-fixed-non-interchangeable-lens/ > >>> -- > >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> -- > >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.