Vaporware. A non-working mock up. Did they actually make some that worked? Who knows? All we know for sure is they said they are not going to market it. Now they say they will bring out a plain jane stripped down model. Me? I wouldn't hold my breath.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Woerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Digital SLR > Too bad this is a dream, huh? :( > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0009/00091402pentaxdigitalslr.asp > > Robert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: Digital SLR > > > > You are just plain wrong. Go to http://www.dpreview.com/, poke around > until you > > can find the 2meg - 3meg sample jpg files taken with the DSLRs. Down load > them. > > open them up in a program where you can blow them up to 300 - 400%, and > lood at > > what you see. The images are way better than you can get with any under 2K > > scanner. > > If you don't believe your own eyes, go here: > > http://www.photonews.com/forums/forums.html and see what working pros, who > are > > using digital have to say. There are pros wha have dropped MF film for > DSLRs. > > Just about all the folks saying that digital has a ways to go yet, turn > out to > > be spectators. > > > > > > --- Robert Woerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We don't need no stinkin' digital cameras! > > > > > > 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? > > Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� > > http://movies.yahoo.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 . - 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 .

