Godfrey, Thanks for capturing those files. Regards, Bob S. On Jan 23, 2008 1:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 23, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > > A bit premature(?) release of the manualls from the german distributor > > PDF's at bottom of page > > http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/service/download.php? > > photo&service&download > > I don't read geman very well I find: > > > > CMOS sensor > > ISO 100-6400 > > Same fps as K10 > > 4 EV SR (one step improvement) > > PC-sync > > 19 segment metering (how many does K10 have?) > > 2,7 Live view LCD > > More sophisticated jpg controll > > Same battery and BG-2 > > Physical it looks almost idenitcal to K10. > > > > I can't find the bomb in the specs, but it seems a worthwhile > > upgrade to me. > > Let the whining begine ;-) > > > > Ben, the high profile fasion Pentax user has promised us picture > > samples. > > They will be published somewhere at pentaxforums.com, probably > > other places > > too. > > > > Tim Typo > > This PDF of the German press release and a couple of press pictures > with Japanese text was linked to a DPReview.com forum posting. > > In the German press release, if babelfish translates correctly, it > claims a 20 fps burst mode capability and a 16 frame RAW buffer, PC > flash terminal and other details: > > --- > Summary of the most important equipment characteristics > > - 14.6 MP CMOS sensor > - fast signal processing owing to PRIME > - to Dust Alert - system for dust distance on the sensor > - Pixelmapping > - 14 bits similar to transducer > - ISO 100 - ISO 6400 > - dynamics rank Enlargement > - intercarrier noise suppressor on hardware basis > - intercarrier noise suppressor by software additionally > - Live View over the highly soluble monitor > - digitally Preview (after treatment storable) > - sharpness depth preview > - histogram announcement in single channels > - Pentaprismensucher > - Shake Reduction 4 LW > - 16 field exposure measurement > - 11 point ranging - 9 cross sensors > - AF adjustment > - Custom image with 4 color profiles > - 5 color profiles and SW Aufnahmefunktion > - RAW files in the DNG format - RAW + JPEG at the same time > - individual file name can for photographs be assigned > - interval timer > - x-Synchronkontakt for lightning plants > - 3-stufiges sensor cleaning system > - 2.7"monitor > - calibrationcash monitor > - text size increasable on 150% > - 4 exposure programs (normal, High speed, depth sharpness, MTF) > - Bracketing by a trip pressure > - programmable adjusting wheels > - wireless lightning price increase > - housing seals against humidity and dust > - JPEG without delimitation - to 16 RAW in consequence > - nearly 3 pictures per second - Burst mode with 20 B/Sek. > - exposure row for white alignment, farbsaettigung, colour, contrast, > sharpness > - water and dust-sealed > --- > > I nabbed these documents and posted them here for viewing: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/PentaxK20Dinfo/Pressemeldung-K20D.pdf > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/PentaxK20Dinfo/k20k200176.jpg > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/PentaxK20Dinfo/k20k200lenses586.jpg > > The bitching about the K20D pre-dated even this information by about > two months. I find this stupid. > > Godfrey > > > > -- > 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. >
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