"Thank you for inquiry. We are striving to please our clients, and in this respect, we've already evaluated the possibility of using the latest RGBE CCD chip technology available from Sony. Consistent with our company's policy, we think that a 1-2 years delay in releasing our first DSLR is less important than having it up to date with the latest technology, leading to a higher degree of customer satisfaction. Consequently, we have started to redesign the camera around the new CCD chip technology. We will also take advantage of this deadline extension to address some other known issues as well. Some minor ones, like replacing the USB 1.1 port with a more current 2.0 one, but also some fundamental ones like the further refining of the lens mount. Working together with our most advanced client we concluded that backward compatibility is a non issue, and it would be prefferable to use a small but good selection of zoom lenses, specially taylored to fit digital's needs. We eventually decided that the focus shaft will be relocated to the bottom of the lens mount, where it fits more conveniently and would allow for a simplified mechanism with less parts, and also permitting an economy of $0.24 per unit. An extra electrical contact will be placed in the former place of the focus shaft, allowing for a later to be implemented advanced protocol for data transmission between the lens and the camera. The side effect - of making the F(A) lenses being usable only in manual focus mode - will be of no important consequence, since metering would also not be available with this series, and the FA-D series of zooms that will replace them will offer astounding performance when compared to any lenses designed for film camera. Of course, for our advanced customers, we will also introduce a FA-D Limited series of primes, designed with bokeh in mind, which will further enhance the highly acclaimed 3-D effect of bright-edge bokeh. In order to further please our customers, we will also make these lenses in black finish, which will be available in US with the silver finish camera bodies (the silver finish lenses and black cameras will be reserved for the Japanese market only).
I hope this has answered all your questions and addressed your concerns regarding the future developments in our camera and lens lines.
Sincerely your, M. Harakiri"
