On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Jostein wrote: > According to production figures for MedF, the future looks very dark indeed.
If the 700 bodies figure thrown out earlier by Frank is correct, sound slike al lthe MF folks might as well close up shop and go home. That's just dismal, I mean, I always figured that the numbers weren't as big as I'd think, but I always figured something like 700 annual units would be reserved for serious niche items like those 6x17 folders and the like. Guess the Japanese love affair with 645 also ended. Oh well, guess we all knew digital was gonna shake things up. Is 4x5 and larger also in such a dismal state of affairs? I know this ins't really the place for the question, but plenty of the folks here are knowledable on many different topics.. I sort of figured that 4x5 and135 would be the film formats to live on, and 120 and 8x10 wound stay on in film for awhile.. but these numbers are making me concerned. Heh. I'm gonna have to learn how to tintype now, hehe. > The best bet we have is a rather outdated press release about cooperation > between Kodak and Pentax, alledgedly over a digital 645. So, in the year since I left we're at teh same place: No where. That's sort of what I expected. Did the Hasselblah 645 wondercamera actaully make an mark on sales? Not even the Mamiya 645D, huh? Sigh. > > How about the film bodies? Is there an *Ist successor yet? Do they still > > manufacture the MZ-S? > The *ist is current. Dunno about the MZ-S... After I posted this, I blew teh dust off my bookmark to Boz's KMP page and was sad to learn there was never another Ist body released at adifferent market than the current Ist. I sort of thought they planned on a three-way approach to 35mm bodies, a "consumer," a "prosumer," and a digital model. Tsk. > One made it to me, and I'm happy. It's a good tool. Marnie made mention they evne released a firmware patch to support M and K mount lenses. I'm still not ready to give up film, though. I've been doing well with letting my girlfriend take the snaps with her Optio 330, which is alos probably considered long in the tooth now. Heh. > There's an Optio 4s now. More pixels per altoid...:-) I haven't even seen a Optio S in the flesh, yet. Trying to minimize the temptation.. > Picture A Week. Post a pic to a web-location near you, and provide PDML with > the link for scrutiny and comments. Shel Belinkoff brought the idea along > from a Leica list, and it has really caught on. I was happy to see his name on the list again, actually. However, I noticed no apparant posts from Bruce Rubenstein or Pal/Pil (who's last name I can't recall). > Another thing you might have missed is that the PUG server at komkon has > passed out of service. We are now set up with a interim solution at > Adelheid's private webspace, while working to establish something permanent > elsewhere. It's looking good, though, thanks to John Francis. My workplace was supposed to give me a free colo server for the time I work there. If there's still issues, feel free to contact me off list and I'll give details as to what's waiting to be installed when I can make it live, and the like. I'll gladly give an account on teh machine to whomever wants to handle it, though, if the other possibilites don't come through. > Btw, welcome back! Hope you get a scanner going soon. I should really just stop being a twit and spend the $40 on VueScan. :) -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
