...after having visited www.imacon.dk I see you are right, John. Hasselblad and Imacon really have merged. So, now there's a digital camera manufacturer in Scandinavia! Digital Vikings, right?
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. januar 2005 23:44 Til: [email protected] Emne: RE: Another report on Pentax at CES - FWIW I haven't heard anything about Hasselblad (Sweden) buying Imacon (Denmark), but then again, reading financial stuff was never my strong side. I know, Hassies get nice reviews. Quite expensive, but then again, Imacon made 10 Mp backs for Leica R8 and R9. And MF Rolleis. So why not Pentax? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 11. januar 2005 20:31 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: Another report on Pentax at CES - FWIW Jens Bladt mused: > > OK. Why don't Pentax have (Danish) Imacon make digital backs for revised > Pentax MF cameras? > Hasselblad and Leica did, quite successfully, I believe. I thought Hasselblad took the Remington approach? (I liked the product so much I bought the company). I don't know how interested Hasselblad Imacon would be, at this point, in supplying backs for direct competitors. Since you mention Hasselblad; have you looked at the specs for the H1D? 22Megapixel (from a giant 37mm x 49mm sensor), 16 bits per colour component, and even an optional four-frame multishot mode that makes for 528MB RAW files. It's just as well that it comes with a built-in 40GB hard drive. "Targeted at wealthy amateurs as well as professionals", according to the press release, prices for the H1D start at around $20,000
