Re: Predictions, anyone?
Prediction: Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. Camera name: *Ouch. Will kick competition in the you-know-what. -- Cactus Jack Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun www.photolin.com www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm No More Pay, Pal © 2004 John Mustarde Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Hey Hey-ah, Good Bye. Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Na, Na-aaa, Good Bye.
Re: Predictions, anyone?
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 05:28:52 -0700 From: John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Prediction: Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. Camera name: *Ouch. Will kick competition in the you-know-what. -- Cactus Jack Accompanied by the ad cam-pain: Where ist it? What ist it doing to me? You want to see my ist? (Suitably pronounced in German or English.) :) CRB -- - I gave in, and admitted that God was God. C. S. Lewis --
Re: Predictions, anyone?
I have to reply on this one. I have no doubt at all that Pentax will produce a low end digital The only question is when it will come out. This is THE market. The *ist D was needed first for reputation and trial technology reasons, but they will make much more money on the low end camera, Canon or not. After all, Pentax produces cheap film SLRs to compete with the Rebel, and that's a lot more of a losing battle than the DSLR market. IMHO, of course . . . g Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/04 02:45AM In a message dated 3/31/2004 2:49:16 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think we'll see the Baby D by Xmas along with some more optios. IOW, I agree with Bill. Steven Desjardins Yeah, I don't think there is any profit to Pentax in producing a Baby D. Not really. No point in competing with C, they wouldn't capture much of the potential 300D market. And they've already dropped the *istD to be more competitively priced for a mid to upper end DSLR. More optios, sure. And maybe a second generation *istD... someday. Or a MF equivalent. Be nicer if they did one or both of those anyway. Marnie aka Doe
Re: Predictions, anyone?
Reminds me of the butcher that backed into his meat grinder and got alittle behind in his work. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Predictions, anyone? Prediction: Pentax DSLR with built-in endoscope. Camera name: *Ouch. Will kick competition in the you-know-what. -- Cactus Jack Warm and Dry in the Valley of the Sun www.photolin.com www.photolin.com/payanon/payanon.htm No More Pay, Pal © 2004 John Mustarde Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Hey Hey-ah, Good Bye. Don't Ebay, pal, No more Pay, pal, Na, Na-aaa, Good Bye.
RE: Predictions, anyone?
Most people use zooms anayway. With non changeable lenses you get almost zero dust on the CCD. So what's the point of changeable lenses. Woun't they be history shortly? I mean, they change camera features, CCD's, format etc. all the time anyway! So why not ditch changable lenses? BEfor you get a chance to build a full system, the Camera will be obsolete or old news! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 31. marts 2004 23:01 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens PS C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
RE: Predictions, anyone?
What Pentax willcome up with at Christmas has already left the drawing table (autocad or whatever) and is on the way to prototyping, testing etc. NMo need to get or give advice. That train has left already, I believe. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Christian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. april 2004 00:13 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Predictions, anyone? I agree but the prediction was for This Christmas as in 8 months from now. Pentax will come up with new DSLRs in the future, I'm sure. But with their track record of being slow I wouldn't predict anything in that area for this Christmas. (and my more PS comment should have been: More DIGITAL PSes). Christian - Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Predictions, anyone? If Pentax were only planning more PSs, they would surely not have made the big investment in the *ist D, and the new digital lenses. They are clearly planning to be in the digital SLR market, and with APS-sized sensors. John On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:19:39 -0500, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: have there been any reviews on the 8700? 8MP and a tiny sensor Seems to me, there have been problems with other cameras (noise at anything but the lowest ISO and chromatic aberrations) with this combination... I predict only more PSes from Pentax... Christian
Predictions, anyone?
The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens PS C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
Re: Predictions, anyone?
have there been any reviews on the 8700? 8MP and a tiny sensor Seems to me, there have been problems with other cameras (noise at anything but the lowest ISO and chromatic aberrations) with this combination... I predict only more PSes from Pentax... Christian - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens PS C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
Re: Predictions, anyone?
D) Other: I would expect a DSLR to compete with the Rebel D, as well as updated Optios, The official camera of the internet 8-) Bill - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens PS C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
Re: OT: Nikon CoolPix (was Predictions, anyone?)
We just bought a bunch of Nikon 5700 Coolpixs at work. I gotta tell ya for around $600 its one heck of a camera. IIR the optical range goes from 1.2 (super macro) to 280mm (in 35mm format sense). It will do everything the 35mm slrs they replace did. It's really funny watching my fellow workers trying to come to grips with the workings of the digital. They won't read the manual and consequently are trying to convince all that will listen that the digitals won't cut it. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens. I guess they hope to sell it to those shopping for the little Canon (or even their cheapie) but perhaps wanting to trade interchangable lenses for a more durable body. It's really a nice unit. And the istD seems to be around the $1200 price range (online). So what will Pentax show this Christmas? A) Nothing, as always B) $500 fixed-lens PS C) Seriously dropping the istD price to soak the Pentax buyer market D) Other ___
Re: Predictions, anyone?
all ofthe current 8MP PS cameras, including Canon's, use the same sensor from Sony with mostly the same problems, too much noise at anything other than ISO 50. Herb - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: Predictions, anyone? The Nikon 8700 seems to set a new standard. Nice lens, compact design. 8mp! Modest price. Just lacks the integerchangable lens.
Re: Predictions, anyone?
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Predictions, anyone? I'll go along with that. A Rebel-D competitor *announced* by end of year. Availability in the following spring. Thats at the Ulan Bator show, right? William Robb
