To the price of a lottery ticket. :) Jack
--- On Sun, 9/26/10, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Photokina observations... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 9:06 AM > Pentax hasn't sold "cutting edge" > cameras in a while. Having a > platform like the top Canikon body lets a company know > where the top > is and then they can do what they can in other bodies to > fit a price > point. Pentax is forced to lag and emphasize other > lower tech > features like size and WR in hopes that they can appeal to > a different > market segment. Their glass is also good for the > price and their > emphasis on small primes has given them a bit of a > niche. The 645D is > a big whopping sensor in a well known and developed body > (the old 645) > with K7 electronics. This gives them the big sensor > at a bargain > price. It's clearly a pretty big hit in Japan. > > Interesting question: How much would the price of the > 645D have to > fall before it became a realistic option for folks on this > list? > > On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Jeffery Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > My overall feeling is the Pentax is stalled in > R&D. There have been rumors of a full-sized sensor > Pentax, which would be wonderful for us who have Pentax > lenses designed for film (that would be ALL of my Pentax > lenses except for the 40mm pancake). There is little that > would entice me to move from the K-x with 43/1.9 to > something else. The combination is lightweight and fast and > comfortable in my hand. > > > > Maybe next year. > > > > Jeffery > > > > > > On Sep 26, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Thibouille wrote: > > > >> 1/ pentax gave some cool bags > >> 2/ there were some pretty nice girls there ;) > >> 3/ the Fuji x100 is Very Very nice specially it's > hybrid viewfinder, > >> Imo it will sell well (considering it's niche). > >> 4/ K5 AF is indeed more nervous, how much better > af-c s hard to tell though > >> 5/ 18-135 is nice, large but short. Felt way > better constructed than > >> other DA WR zooms. > >> 6/ once setup correctly, the k5 did NOT do DFS > after about 3 minutes Bulb pose. > >> 7/ 12800 iso quite useable with a pinch of Lr3 NR. > 51200 is salvage > >> only obviously. > >> 8/ no memory cards were allowed in camera :( > >> 9/ nothing new on video controls > >> 10/ mirror lock up just as in K7 > >> 11/ buffer (bummer) very short indeed due to 14bit > raw but they may > >> change that or add a 12bit mode. > >> 12/ the 645d is.... Heck I WANT one :) and very > nervous AF IMO. > >> 13/ Pentax still have the biggest bags :) > >> > >> I may remember more after a bit of a sleep. > >> > >> -- > >> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs > >> ---------------------- > >> Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, > K30/2.8, DA16-45, > >> DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... > >> Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 > >> Programing: Delphi 2009 > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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.
