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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't even want to know how much extra that will cost.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DeltaOps101]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 9:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Im sure theres already a long waiting list of Middle Easten Arab Princes wanting on this "gold item" ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Benyayer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 9:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's awesome. But I'd prefer black rather then alligator for the trim. Of course I'd never really use it. But to sit on a shelf would make a good conversation piece. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 9:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[hahahahahh I would love to go out shooting with that thing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alden]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 9:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[why isn't the leather from a gold aligator?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Goof]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 10:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should have went platinum with albino gator skin.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sentient]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 10:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got to have that! Going to a 70s party with that camera and a 70s pimp style outfit and It'll be an instant hit. <br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Geir E]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 10:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's not a DSLR, either? Bah!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sinbios]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 11:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm confused. Are they REintroducing the gold edition? Is this a real story?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 23rd 2006 11:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br>Heh, the camera shop down the road has a Nikon like that too.<br><br><a href="http://www.cameraquest.com/fmgold.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cameraquest.com/fmgold.htm</a><br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ando]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 1:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cool. It'll go with my teeth.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sammy mazola jr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 12:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex McKenzie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 1:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Uh... bling. Could imagine that Snoop Doggy Dogg, 50 Cent, etc. would run around with these. Of course lacking the skills they wouldn't be able to make photos, but who cares?<br><br>@Sinblos: Why? Analog SLR were cool, and at least they required that the photographer has some skills.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kadajawi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 1:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can't see anyone but a 70's pornographer using this. (Think Austin Powers)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 2:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure I actually saw this model a few years ago in a camera-shop, where the owner collected all kinds of rare cameras. This one might be a newer model, but the gold and the leather on a Pentax SLR, that's been made before!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tommy J?nsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 3:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Um, the Pentax LX Gold came out in 1981.  It's not new, in fact they haven't made any LXs for about 5 years now, and I suspect LX gold production ended in the early 80s as well.  Also, they made 300 of these, but they aren't making any more.  Pentax (and some of their distributors, apparently) owns a few, and just brings them out every once in a while to show off.  It was also made to celebrate Pentax's 10 millionth SLR, not their 60th aniversary.  Pentax (Asahi Optical Corporation Inc) was founded in 1919 as eyeglass makers, made their first camera lenses in 1938, reformed after WWII in 1948, and made their first camera in 1951, so the '60 years' doesn't really match up to any significant date in Pentax history; it might have been a mistranslation. <br>Sources: <a href="http://www.aohc.it/slr03e.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.aohc.it/slr03e.htm</a> (scroll down to 'LX Gold')<br>(I would think that the Pentax Club would be fairly knowledgeable on these things)<br><a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/variations/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/variations/index.htm</a><br><a href="http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/Pentax_LX_Gold/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/Pentax_LX_Gold/index.htm</a><br>(second link has pics)<br>Wikipedia also has a large amount of info about pentax]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[drib]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 3:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Gold anniversary models are made by a lot of companies.<br><br>But did you know that some of them actually have a gold plated shutter curtain?<br><br>Which of course makes them completely and utterly useless, unless you want all your pics to have a yellowish shine to it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michiel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 3:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did you contact the copyright holder and ask permission to use his photo?  I'd wager not since the copyright is blatantly painted over.  Whatever happened to respect of other people's property?<br>The second photo is shown on the mir.com.my links in the post above, with the copyright information intact.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zedfoto]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 24th 2006 4:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Pentax unveils shiny LX Gold SLR to celebrate 60 years]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/23/pentax-unveils-shiny-lx-gold-slr-to-celebrate-60-years/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why would Pentax show this model along with the K10D?  I doubt Pentax will produce any more film cameras; maybe they were wanting to compare the Pentax K10D sealing to the excellent sealing of the Pentax LX of the 1980s.  Who knows . . . maybe there will be a KXD produced soon--keeping the "K" series letter, and adding the "X" to reminese the film KX, MX, and LX bodies, and make it comparable to the Nikon D1X.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Timoteo Canales]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 23rd 2007 5:24PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
