> I'm holding off on > buying a new digital camera and have been waiting for this one for a > long time, [...] I'm starting to lose heart.
Welcome. You'll fit right in. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Denney > Sent: 10 January 2008 22:44 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: New member with old (I'm sure) question > > Greetings, folks. After years of hearing about this list from its > members who are on other lists in which I participate, and after > realizing that a high percentage of my film photography uses Pentax > equipment, I've finally joined. > > I'm an amateur photographer with former professional experience and > about 35 years of practice, not necessarily doing the right things. > I've have everything from a Canonet 28 to 4.5 Cambo. My digital work > is done using SOB (some other brand--Canon), but most of my film work > is done using either a 645N, 645NII, or a 6x7. I also have a modest > collection of ex-Soviet stuff just for fun, and frequently use the > better of the lenses for that system on my 645 with an adapter. I also > have some old and now retire Mamiya and Rolleiflex TLR's. I live in > Northern Virginia after growing up in Texas. > > Whatever I might have earned by introducing myself will now be dashed > by asking a question that I'm sure has been discussed to death. But > searching the archives seems to be quite difficult in that one must do > a lot of downloading, etc. So, I'll just ask it and beg for > forbearance. > > What is the latest scuttlebutt on a Digital 645? The latest I heard, > from my dealer but not seen in print anywhere, is that they are > re-engineering it with a 31MP sensor. I have also heard that it will > be offered in Japan only and not North America. I'm holding off on > buying a new digital camera and have been waiting for this one for a > long time, and though I believe a larger sensor in a 645 body would > provide superior image quality to anything in a 24x36 or smaller > format, I'm starting to lose heart. > > A link to something specific in the archives would be appreciated if > you don't want to rehash. > > Rick "itchy fingers" Denney > > --- > 645 and 6x7 user > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
