Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-02 Thread John Forbes
Good. Just to clarify. The back must cover the full 4x5 frame; not a small portion of it. So as not to be picky, let's say it must cover at least 90% of the frame. Any larger back, say 10x8, would of course also count. And by selling, we mean a single back on sale to the public. Not the

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread John Forbes
: - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Sheet film is actually selling really well around here. I think there's probably two places in Sydney that would have it in stock on a regular basis, they are still film oriented otherwise it's

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
On 9/1/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My comment was not meant to be taken seriously! In fact, I suspect that LF will be the last bastion of film, simply because it will be prohibitively expensive to produce large sensors for a small user base. Let's hope that producing film for the

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 31.08.2006, at 23:20 , Peter Fairweather wrote: Given that the new K10D is rumoured to make the 67II obsolete, surely Pentax will just drop the 645D??!! I don't know :-) But it would be interesting to see what is (2x bigger than Canon's FF) sensor used in 645D capable of with 22-bit ADC

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread John Forbes
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:13:30 +0100, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/1/06, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My comment was not meant to be taken seriously! In fact, I suspect that LF will be the last bastion of film, simply because it will be prohibitively expensive to

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
On 9/1/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31.08.2006, at 23:20 , Peter Fairweather wrote: Given that the new K10D is rumoured to make the 67II obsolete, surely Pentax will just drop the 645D??!! I don't know :-) But it would be interesting to see what is (2x bigger than

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein Øksne wrote: On 9/1/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31.08.2006, at 23:20 , Peter Fairweather wrote: Given that the new K10D is rumoured to make the 67II obsolete, surely Pentax will just drop the 645D??!! I don't know :-) But it would be interesting to see what

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On 01.09.2006, at 14:20 , Mark Roberts wrote: How about if we add in-camera image stabilization, too? ;-) Then even before starting using such a camera we should have hi- absorbent pants on ;-) Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
: But what about the 645D? Sheet film is actually selling really well around here. I think there's probably two places in Sydney that would have it in stock on a regular basis, they are still film oriented otherwise it's thin on the ground. It's not ever been in really high demand here. At one

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/09/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Large format digital cameras have been used by pro shooters for many years. They tile the image from multiple sensors. They're used in conjunction with a computer. Or they literally scan the frame in a linear fashion over the period of a

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Stenquist Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Large format digital cameras have been used by pro shooters for many years. They tile the image from multiple sensors. They're used in conjunction with a computer. To expensive to be practical for anyone outside of the very small group that you think

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Large format digital cameras have been used by pro shooters for many years. They tile the image from multiple sensors. They're used in conjunction with a computer. To expensive to be practical

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: I can see a tiled back of APS-C sensors selling for less than 2K in a couple of years. Two APS-C sensors side-by-side would be 23.5mm x 31.4mm. Close enough for me. (In fact, it's almost exactly the 3:4 aspect ratio that I prefer over the traditional 2:3 of 35mm film.)

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 1, 2006, at 6:55 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I can see a tiled back of APS-C sensors selling for less than 2K in a couple of years. Two APS-C sensors side-by-side would be 23.5mm x 31.4mm. Close enough for me. (In fact, it's almost exactly the 3:4 aspect ratio that I prefer over the

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread John Forbes
On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:29:25 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Large format digital backs won't always be too expensive. I can see a tiled back of APS-C sensors selling for less than 2K in a couple of years. Would you be interested in a little wager of $100 on that? We'll take

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread ryan brooks
I'll take 5 years and $500. On Sat, 2 Sep 2006, John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:29:25 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Large format digital backs won't always be too expensive. I can see a tiled back of APS-C sensors selling for less than 2K in a couple of years.

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-09-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sure. But it's a back, not a camera. As long as that is understood, you're on. Paul On Sep 1, 2006, at 7:02 PM, John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:29:25 +0100, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Large format digital backs won't always be too expensive. I can see a tiled back of

But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Pål Jensen
??? Any news, Rumors??? Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Dario Bonazza
No news at all on my side. Dario - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: But what about the 645D? ??? Any news, Rumors??? Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
Press release date is around the 15. September. And no, I'm not in the know of anything on this one. :-( Jostein On 8/31/06, Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ??? Any news, Rumors??? Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Pål Jensen
But it does mean that there are news about it in the press release? - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:49 PM Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Press release date is around the 15

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:49 PM Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Press release date is around the 15. September. And no, I'm not in the know of anything on this one. :-( Jostein On 8/31/06, Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ??? Any news, Rumors??? Pål -- PDML

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Peter Fairweather
that there are news about it in the press release? - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:49 PM Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Press release date is around the 15

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread John Forbes
@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:49 PM Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Press release date is around the 15. September. And no, I'm not in the know of anything on this one. :-( Jostein On 8/31/06, Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ??? Any news, Rumors

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Cotty
On 31/8/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: The 645D will make field cameras obsolete. Digital mole!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? The 645D will make field cameras obsolete. Ummmno. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/09/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: John Forbes Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? The 645D will make field cameras obsolete. Ummmno. Exactly, lack of film will make them obsolete :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? The 645D will make field cameras obsolete. Ummmno. Exactly, lack of film will make them obsolete :-) Sheet film is actually selling really well around here. William Robb -- PDML

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/09/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sheet film is actually selling really well around here. I think there's probably two places in Sydney that would have it in stock on a regular basis, they are still film oriented otherwise it's thin on the ground. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

Re: But what about the 645D?

2006-08-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio Subject: Re: But what about the 645D? Sheet film is actually selling really well around here. I think there's probably two places in Sydney that would have it in stock on a regular basis, they are still film oriented otherwise it's