Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2023-01-08 Thread Bruce Nagel
On Tue, 20 Dec 2022 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm somewhat abashed to see people who can list all of their cameras. I know I have six digital cameras, not counting iPhone and iPad(s) cameras. But film cameras ? sheesh, every time i open a drawer or a box I find a couple more. I don't know how

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2023-01-02 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 02.01.23 um 03:10 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi: I posted a few things on this at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAePJM Nice shots, as always. Happy New Year! Ditto. :-) Ralf ...who is just in the process of selling off all his darkroom stuff:

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2023-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
> On Jan 1, 2023, at 8:24 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: >> On 20 Dec 2022, at 22:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> […] >> My 1978 Leica M4-2 is loaded and ready to go with a fresh roll of Ferrania >> P30 in it. :) > > I’ll be interested to hear about your experience with the film. > > I bought 5

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2023-01-01 Thread Bob W PDML
 > On 20 Dec 2022, at 22:55, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > […] > My 1978 Leica M4-2 is loaded and ready to go with a fresh roll of Ferrania > P30 in it. :) > > G I’ll be interested to hear about your experience with the film. I bought 5 rolls of P30 back in August but didn’t shoot them until

RE: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-22 Thread pkn291262
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera https://photorumors.com/2022/12/19/pentax-is-considering-to-release-a-new-fi lm-camera/#ixzz7o1jx6LCE Don't know whether there will be much interest for this, but I still have some 10 Pentax reflex bodies in my

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-21 Thread collinb
Remember this: There are things, still, that you can do with film that you can’t do with digital. B darkroom stuff like split printing & still greater color depth on chromes (w/ pro scanning). There are things you can do with digital that you can’t do with film. Varying regions of contrast

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm somewhat abashed to see people who can list all of their cameras. I know I have six digital cameras, not counting iPhone and iPad(s) cameras. But film cameras … sheesh, every time i open a drawer or a box I find a couple more. I don't know how many I have at all, but it's a number well past

RE: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread jcoyle
is considering releasing a new film camera On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:54:35AM -0500, Rick Womer wrote: > I still have a Super Program in my cabinet. I thought I had a PZ-1p > too, but I must have given it away, or lent it to someone and > forgotten about it. > > I have no desire to go back

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Comcast
I’ve shot film on rare occasions. I still have several Spotmatics and Spotmatic ads, an H3V, an MX and an LX. But the last two times I shot film were with an Agfa and a Barnack Leica. Paul > On Dec 20, 2022, at 5:56 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > I can't count to 10: I found in my cupboard 2

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Henk Terhell
I can't count to 10: I found in my cupboard 2 MX, 1 K2, 1 P30, 1 P30T, 2 Spotmatic, 1 MZ-5. The others I own are digital (*istD, K10D, K-5, K-70, K-1). I've sold very few camera's because of poor interest and their low market value. With so many cheap second hand film bodies and compacts on the

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Or, like Leica's reissue of the classic M6 film camera, it is addressing the new audience of young and old photographers who have expressed that they want to shoot film and want to buy a quality film camera new, not just a used (and now in most cases ancient) one. I applaud Leica for doing

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I still have one of myb old Spotties. ,g. I suspect this is aimed at the "collectors" in Japan, who are willing to pay big Yen for just about anything "rare." Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM Henk

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread David J Brooks
I still have my K1000, SP,1000, SP500, Sf1, Pz1, and 6x7 Dave On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM Henk Terhell wrote: > > https://photorumors.com/2022/12/19/pentax-is-considering-to-release-a-new-film-camera/#ixzz7o1jx6LCE > > Don't know whether there will be much interest for this, but I still

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread collinb
I suggested that to them in Nov. https://twitter.com/crbrendemuehl/status/1590718436912828416?s=20=ATmkxJXbtWzkjXyokWlfHQ -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:54:35AM -0500, Rick Womer wrote: > I still have a Super Program in my cabinet. I thought I had a PZ-1p > too, but I must have given it away, or lent it to someone and > forgotten about it. > > I have no desire to go back to film, though. > > Rick I believe I have: 2

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 20.12.22 um 17:46 schrieb Henk Terhell: https://photorumors.com/2022/12/19/pentax-is-considering-to-release-a-new-film-camera/#ixzz7o1jx6LCE Don't know whether there will be much interest for this, but I still have some 10 Pentax reflex bodies in my cupboard. I still have a few P50's and a

Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Rick Womer
I still have a Super Program in my cabinet. I thought I had a PZ-1p too, but I must have given it away, or lent it to someone and forgotten about it. I have no desire to go back to film, though. Rick On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:46 AM Henk Terhell wrote: > >

Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

2022-12-20 Thread Henk Terhell
https://photorumors.com/2022/12/19/pentax-is-considering-to-release-a-new-film-camera/#ixzz7o1jx6LCE Don't know whether there will be much interest for this, but I still have some 10 Pentax reflex bodies in my cupboard. Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email