OK. I got off my duff and did some googling:
http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=322515
http://www.pentaxuser.co.uk/pages/news/nws_eclawstatment.html
That's what I recall seeing. Wonder if the it's EU only?
In any case, your point about Internet rumo(u)rs is well taken.
ScottGee1
On 9/21/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a quote here
> <http://www.flickr.com/groups/pentax/discuss/72157594238461402/>
> *attributed* to Joe Virgil of Pentax Imaging that Pentax "has
> discontinued all film products". Sounds like a reasonable thing for
> Pentax to do at this point except that I can't find any offical
> statement to that effect directly from Pentax. If it was ever in a
> press release since 2003 they've removed said press release from their
> US website.
>
> Furthermore, if they've discontinued medium format film cameras it can
> only be the production line. Their web site is still offering them for
> sale and you can still buy them at B&H. The 645N is available there but
> the 645N II is listed as being out of stock.
> <http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/cameras/film/medium_format/>
>
> Gotta watch these internet rumors.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> ScottGee1 wrote:
>
> > Ah, me olde memorie finally kicked in.
> >
> > Pentax discontinued production of *medium format film* cams. Uh, correct?
> >
> > ScottGee1
> >
> >
> > On 9/21/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>I think you're hallucinating. The last film announcement was several
> >>years ago but they still offer both 35mm and medium format film cameras
> >>as well as medium format digital. The K10D announcement is only a week
> >>old and three new digital only lenses were announced just this morning.
> >>
> >>You're probably thinking of Minolta which went through a lot of painful
> >>restructuring and then folded in with Konica. When that wasn't enough
> >>they got out of the camera business altogether and sold all the assets
> >>including the rights to the Minolta mount to Sony. The first product of
> >>that sale is the Sony Alpha DSLR with Minolta mount announced in June
> >><http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/sonydslra100/>
> >>
> >>Chuck Norcutt
> >>
> >>ScottGee1 wrote:
> >>
> >>>Very interesting indeed!
> >>>
> >>>But correct me if I'm wrong; did Pent@x announce they were getting out
> >>>of the camera biz? Or was that just film-based products? Or am I
> >>>hallucinating? Again?
> >>>
> >>>ScottGee1
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