Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-04 Thread Cotty
On 1/6/07, Michel Carrère-Gée, discombobulated, unleashed: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/other/2007/06/01/6368.html They should put that into production - best looking Pentax in years. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-01 Thread Toralf Lund
Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=2345440 Nice. It would however have been more interesting if they'd managed to squeeze the K10D electronics into a truly

Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-01 Thread Thibouille
Gz I want one !! 2007/6/1, Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403

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2007-06-01 Thread Adam Maas
Finally a camera to match the silver FA Limiteds. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Gz I want one !! 2007/6/1, Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40

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2007-06-01 Thread Dario Bonazza
A Takumar DA! Dario - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: NEWS !! Pentax AP ... New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http

NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-01 Thread Michel Carrère-Gée
New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403

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2007-06-01 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:13:28AM +0200, Michel Carrre-Ge wrote.. New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 Proper 'chromed' brass top I hope? No plastic? http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403

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2007-06-01 Thread Brian Walters
Well, I think a silver FA Limited would look pretty nifty on my silver DS - not that I have the budget for an FA Limited in any colour. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Adam Maas

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2007-06-01 Thread Juan Buhler
Not a production camera, btw. I wish they made a version of the K10D without flash and that shape prism, in black. Much nicer IMO, for those of us who never use a flash anyway. j On 6/1/07, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gz I want one !! 2007/6/1, Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL

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2007-06-01 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 01/06/07, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not a production camera, btw. I wish they made a version of the K10D without flash and that shape prism, in black. Much nicer IMO, for those of us who never use a flash anyway. Agreed, the silver just looks tacky, taping it would be a

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2007-06-01 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
be wrong. It could be really pretty and well-constructed. It just doesn't look like it. At 06:12 AM 6/1/2007, you wrote: Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:13:28 +0200 From: Michel Carr?re-G?e [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NEWS !! Pentax AP ... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL

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2007-06-01 Thread P. J. Alling
Only problem there is that in the Spotmatic era the lenses would be black. Adam Maas wrote: Finally a camera to match the silver FA Limiteds. -Adam Thibouille wrote: Gz I want one !! 2007/6/1, Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D

Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-01 Thread P. J. Alling
The frightening thing is I find the whole package somehow attractive. Dario Bonazza wrote: A Takumar DA! Dario - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: NEWS !! Pentax

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2007-06-01 Thread Dario Bonazza
While in the AP era they would be black+chrome. What about such a mix? Think of a black Limited with chrome rings... Dario - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 4:07 PM Subject: Re: NEWS !! Pentax

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2007-06-01 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:22:04PM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote.. While in the AP era they would be black+chrome. What about such a mix? Think of a black Limited with chrome rings... Dario Or a black lens with machined-rings to give partially blank alu. Like the Auto-Takumar on my Pentax K

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2007-06-01 Thread Brendan MacRae
SMC Takumar DA...that cracks me up! -Brendan --- Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403

Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...

2007-06-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Well, it looks rather fat to me, the classical lines are a bit bloated in chrome finish. Produced in a black lacquer finish with white trim, it would look better: like a mini Pentax 6x7. One of the things I do like is the lack of pentaprism front overhang, it makes it easier to get to the