First of all, see this latest interview report by the Japanese Impress magazine online:-
https://www.impressjapan.jp/pr/monitor/1113_dcm/271301_free.pdf
Via Digicame Info (in Japanese) Via Pentax Fan Club Forum (Taiwan, in Chinese).
The Head of Product Development of Pentax Ricoh, who was first employed by the Asahi Optical Company back to 1978, is interviewed. It is told that a new set of
