Brought to you by Pentax Australia and CR Kennedy (the first and oldest international distributor of Pentax) Thanks to them I was able to interview Tomoki Tanaka (General Manager) and Genichiro Takaoka (Business Management) from Pentax to share with you here on the channel.

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CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 Intro
00:52 The unique approach of Pentax
01:27 Mirrorless cameras?
02:51 Changes in the 21st century
05:05 Most immediate goals
05:57 Supporting individuality
06:57 The influence of smartphones
09:00 New medium format cameras?
09:50 The Pentax Film Project
11:24 Reception in Japan
12:00 Did you foresee the popularity?
12:16 Next challenges
13:11 R&D for next film camera?
14:52 Youth embracing film
15:59 Imperfection of film
17:08 Rising cost of film
18:23 Any details on next camera?
19:16 Pentax 17 stock & manufacturing
19:54 How important is film to Pentax?
20:29 Passing on the torch
21:53 Outro

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