Two questions. Did the LX result in "pros" acceptance of Pentax in the marketplace?
How many digital SLRs have been produced at this point in time? Robert P.S. Who is Mafud? ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 7:12 PM Subject: Re: Digital SLR > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Woerner > Subject: Digital SLR > > > > We don't need no stinkin' digital cameras! > > > Hmm Mafud seems to have returned. > > > On a more serious note. > > > > I don't know much about digital; however, I'll offer my > thoughts on it > > anyway. > > > > Take your pictures with high resolution tried and true film. > > > > Have the negatives (or slides) scanned by your processor OR > buy the best > > scanner, computer and printer available NOW, scan the > negatives yourself, > > and you can blow any digital camera currently made out of the > water. I > > believe it would be cheaper than buying any digital SLR > currently > > available. Do folks out there not know this? > > Digital is a big "gotta have it now" lie. > > > > Changes in digital capability will likely come fast what with > Foveon vs. CCD > > and what not. You will be sitting in the dust in a couple of > years > > resolution-wise as far as digital is concerned if you buy > something today. > > Film is good now and always will be. > > > > Am I correct in my thinking and opinions? > > The point is not whether the buyer of todays technology will be > sitting in the dust or not. Were that the point, there would be > very few users of Pentax SLR cameras at all. > The point is that companies that want to have a place in this > market need to get cameras out there now. Not next year, or in a > few years. > Pentax at least needs a prosumer digital very soon to be taken > seriously by the marketplace. > > William Robb > - > 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 .
