RE: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-05 Thread Tim sleby
At 01.06.05 John Francis wrote: That's wide enough for me, too. 12-50? I thought it was a 12-24). At www.fovi.no (scandinavian distributor of Pentax) this baby is named: DA zoom 12-24mm f:4,0 ED AL (IF). Coming...

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread P. J. Alling
The problem I see is that there is still no real wide angle solution, unless you go Canon. John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:47:37PM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: Has there been any more word on the MF Pentax 22Mp? Is it just trial or is there a release date? Kind regards

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread pnstenquist
The forthcoming Pentax DA 12-50 will give 18mm rectilinear angle of view on the *istD(S). That's wide enough for anything I shoot. Paul The problem I see is that there is still no real wide angle solution, unless you go Canon. John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:47:37PM

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread pnstenquist
No, it's not a fisheye. Probably 4.0. But I can live with that kind of stop, particularly with a wide where slow shutter speeds are easy to achieve. Paul Fisheye?? Reasonably fast, (better than f4.0)? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The forthcoming Pentax DA 12-50 will give 18mm rectilinear

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread John Francis
That's wide enough for me, too. (12-50? I thought it was a 12-24). The fact that this lens is soon to be released is the only reason why I don't yet own the 16-45. On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:22:29PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The forthcoming Pentax DA 12-50 will give 18mm rectilinear

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought not. Nothing special, nothing that replicates what's currently available in 35mm lenses. It comes down to the question, what's more expensive a raft of lenses or a camera body. The fact that Pentax's marketing department is beginning to wake up to backward compatibility as a

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-06-01 Thread pnstenquist
You're probably right, John. I'm relying on my memory, which is a dangerous thing to do at my age :-). Seriously, 12-24 sounds more promising in terms of it being a high quality piece. It will probably be my next lens purchase. Paul That's wide enough for me, too. (12-50? I thought it was a

Re: Pentax 22 Megapixel

2005-05-31 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 02:47:37PM +1000, Kevin Waterson wrote: Has there been any more word on the MF Pentax 22Mp? Is it just trial or is there a release date? Kind regards Kevin There is no MF 22Mp. There will be an 18Mp within the next twelve months (larger sensor than 35mm, smaller