Rob Brigham wrote:
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Obviously no estimated Street Value but my source tells me expect the
final street price to be roughly $6,000. Release date sometime in April
2002.
Presumably April 1, 2003?
John
Hi ,
Do you know if dslr accept also A, M and K lenses like present bodies.
I still wonder what financial condition of Pentax is , if they are making profit
selling their cameras or loss. Sometimes I also think about changing system since no
one knows what the future for Pentax is.
Canon/Nikon
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From: John Whicker
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
If Asahi had offered the K bayonet mount at least
10 years earlier, Pentax would still be a brand of
choice for the professional user. Staying with the
M42 mount was the main cause of the decline of
Pentax
John Whicker wrote:
Bob Blakely wrote:
Once upon a time in the 35mm professional world,
the Pentax Spotmatic was THE camera to have.
If Asahi had offered the K bayonet mount at least
10 years earlier, Pentax would still be a brand of
choice for the professional user. Staying with
Pentax is good value for the money, while Nikon or Leica would make me a poor man.
Regards,
Rod.
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From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: The way things might have been - WAS: Rumour mill again
I don't think that staying with m42 helped Pentax much, in terms of losing the pro
35mm market. But I don't think that's the whole reason.
The Spotmatic may have been used by pros in the 60's, but it was, AFAIK, always a
distant second to the Nikon F series. I think that the F having features
Mark's comments:
If Asahi had offered the K bayonet mount at least 10
years earlier, Pentax would still be a brand of choice
for the professional user.
It would have helped to have come out with bayonnet mount 3 or 4
years earlier, but 10 years? I don't think so. Until the end of the
I agree, Andre,
Canon only entered the serious pro market in '71 with it's F-1, so surely
one can't say that Pentax lost that much by staying with m42 throughout
the '60's.
Screwmount only became a problem with the advent of open-aperture
metering, as it became difficult of properly align the
--- Rodelion [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax is good value for the money, while Nikon or
Leica would make me a poor man.
The Minolta MD and Canon FD systems are also a good
value for the money. A equally competent Nikon AI
system can be put together at about the same
investment as a Pentax
VERY SCEPTICAL, but here for your opinions:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?s=a9a24ea6
81d8566035b8610ee567;act=ST;f=3;t=67
Just a heads upI was privy to some info and specs on a new camera
that will debut this spring at PMA. Pentax will be putting out a 14
Yep - could that be the 1st???
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From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 16 December 2002 17:55
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
... Release date sometime in April 2002. ??
keith whaley
Rob Brigham wrote:
VERY
On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 11:38 AM, Rob Brigham wrote:
The SLR will accept all 35mm Pentax-AF lenses and will have an
environtmentally sealed body.
Specs that I saw were as follows:
- 35mm Full Frame Foveon Sensor with RAW only recording. No JPG.
Firewire and USB enabled ports.
Rob wrote:
The SLR will accept all 35mm Pentax-AF lenses and will have an
environtmentally sealed body.
If this is true, then it's film sibling is certainly the long awaited flagship
Pål
Dan wrote:
Entirely believable until you get to the roughly $6,000.00 part.
Everyone knows that Pentax doesn't compete at that price level with
anyone. Had you said, $899.99 or even $549.99 I would find it
entirely credible, but $6,000.00 shows someone is pulling someone's
leg or finger
But! Pentax does not make products to show signalising
corporate health and corporate intentions but to sell!
--- Pål_Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan wrote:
Entirely believable until you get to the roughly
$6,000.00 part.
Everyone knows that Pentax doesn't compete at that
price
,
Brad
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From: Brendan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
But! Pentax does not make products to show signalising
corporate health and corporate intentions but to sell!
--- Pål_Jensen
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
But! Pentax does not make products to show
signalising
corporate health and corporate intentions but to
sell!
--- Pål_Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan wrote:
Entirely believable until you get to the
roughly
$6,000.00 part.
Everyone
This one time, at band camp,
Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pentax will be putting out a 14
megapixel Full Frame SLR utilizing a Foveon sensor.
Not unbelievable if there is a range of lesser models eg:
6=8-12 Mega pixel.
The SLR will accept all 35mm Pentax-AF lenses and will have an
Hi,
Monday, December 16, 2002, 10:05:13 PM, you wrote:
Brad wrote:
Only
professionals (or those that employ them) can afford a DSLR. Professionals
will likely choose a Nikon or Canon. For Pentax to bother at all is silly
IMHO.
Once upon a time no professional chose Nikon or Canon.
: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
Brad wrote:
Only
professionals (or those that employ them) can afford a DSLR.
Professionals
will likely choose a Nikon or Canon. For Pentax to bother at all is
silly
Yep - could that be the 1st???
Doesn't really matter, as long as it really worked, and relatively
affordable, and didn't come too late.
regards,
Alan Chan
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If this is true, then it's film sibling is certainly the long awaited
flagship
Not again...
regards,
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True, but those glory days are gone.
Once upon a time no professional chose Nikon or Canon.
Pål
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From: Brad Dobo
Subject: Re: Rumour mill again...
True, but those glory days are gone.
Not sure if they were so much glory days as being the only game
in town.
William Robb
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