standardization is good at times. I would love to see cams being made in a way PC components are. Being able to assemble my own favourite options - that would be great!
On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 08:47:24PM -0800, Alan Chan wrote: > Oh no, not again! Didn't we have enough shxt with APS? Now try to > standardize the digital hardwares too? I'll be pissed if Pentax dumped their > K mount. > > regards, > Alan Chan > > >Olympus, Kodak, Fuji Film and Panasonic have announced that they are going > >to standardize digital slr's. They will try to get other companies to join. > >I take for granted that Pentax will be asked. The standardization include > >lens mount and CCD size. Lenses will be interchangeable between different > >makes of digital cameras. The CCD will be 13,2 X 17,6mm which is damned > >small. Anyway, this will give room for very compact lenses and could > >revolutionize super telephoto work if quality of CCD is high enough. I've > >always been of the opinion that the bulky 35mm format is not ideal for > >digital. > >Regardless what happens, I still believe that Pentax will support the > >K.mount, digital and otherwise, simply due to the fact that there are loads > >of lenses out there and a whole lens system in place. I hope, though, that > >Pentax will jump on this new digital bandwagon as well. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
