maybe this is getting too much on topic. . .

but, isn't Tokina part of the Pentax/Hoya empire? I would actually be more concerned about how this would fall out on Tokina than Pentax.

Maybe Ricoh will re-introduce a Solar Powered Camera, like they had in the past, but Digital

My Zenit camera is working with a couple of silver oxide batteries for about a year now. The secret is that they are only powering the lightmeter.

rparmar, I do not understand the logic behind your quote. Following it would mean that a mod is not supposed to participate in the discussions, which I am not ready to do.

Panther, Although extremely biased, I am trying to stay objective. Knowing the weaknesses and strong sides helps, I admit that I sometimes loose it when people forget about the strong sides and troll only about the weaknesses. In a discussion, that is.

Meanwhile some truly useful discussions of Ricoh/Pentax are taking place... simply not on this board.

This is an Olympus/Panasonic m4/3 forum. I can only think of three people that own Pentax DSLRs now - you, Voyager and myself.

Yeah, I meant members of this forum.