It was something to the effect that the forthcoming camera would have all those features the advanced photographer expects; fast AF, high frame rate, battery grip, PC socket, dust-resistance, etc. I believe the original posting to PDML was a translation from a Japanese source, so it was probably from Ken Takeshita.
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 08:07:00PM -0400, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > I missed anything about AF -- what did he say about it? > > -Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: K10D - More News > Date: Fri Aug 4, 2006 7:55 pm > Size: 1K > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > Actually, expectations for those features I mentioned come from the > interview with a Pentax high-up at one of the (Japanese?) trade shows. > Obviously it's still rumour until we see the official press release, > but it's based on a lot more than just wild internet speculation. > > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 05:55:00PM -0400, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > > "things we were led to expect" -- heh, make sure to direct your unhappiness > > at the folks on the internet fuelling the rumormill and not at Pentax, who > > have gone out of their way not to tell us anything. > > > > -Aaron > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subj: Re: K10D - More News > > Date: Fri Aug 4, 2006 5:50 pm > > Size: 648 bytes > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 05:13:27PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > >Body + 18-55 lens should be $899. > > > > > > :( > > > I was hoping for a higher-spec'd camera (around 1200-1500 body only). > > > Hope they haven't cheaped out. > > > > Me too. Obviously the less the camera costs the more money is left > > over for other things like lenses, but I hope that didn't come at the > > expense of the other features we were led to expect - much faster AF, > > and a large buffer (and a good frame rate). > > > > Still, we'll know for sure in a little over a month. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
