I'm just wondering how much $$$ it will be for this camera. 4K? 3K? If it was around 2K I think I might bite, anything much higher and it'll just be on my wish list for a long time.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:10 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I can actually see the use for it, though I can't imagine it being a high > priority. See, my dream would be having a working aperture ring, a shutter > speed wheel, and and a dedicated. (well, programmable, but that's how I'd > set it up), ISO wheel, which would put all the important exposure controls > at one's fingertips. I expect that the top unmarked wheel changes function > based on camera settings. Maybe even directly influenced by the where the > right function dial is set. > > Really I'd rather have an aperture ring on the lens, and be able to set the > ISO and shutter speed by the back and front wheels, but I doubt that Ricoh > will be putting aperture rings on any new lenses, until all lens body > connections are electronic. So I guess I'll take the three wheels, for that > /if/ I'm right. > > > On 11/6/2015 3:01 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> >> Your “selector switch” might be just that. I had taken it to be a release >> lever to allow rotation of the selector knob. But the markings you point out >> make it seem more like a switch. >> >> But what I totally don’t understand is the purpose of the film winder knob >> on the far right of body top. No markings that I can see. I can’t think of >> any controls or options that couldn’t more easily be addressed with the >> long-standard front and back wheels. >> >> stan >> >>> On Nov 5, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I've been looking at them this morning and noticed something that >>> I'm not sure we've discussed yet (if it was, I missed it): >>> Under that selector knob just to the right of the pentaprism is a >>> selector switch that seems to have 3 settings. >>> The switch is seen well in this large overhead view: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/10321525@N07/22381445047/sizes/k/ >>> >>> You can see in the "behind and to the right view": >>> https://mashdigi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/pentax-back_resize.jpg >>> ...that there are little icons on the bottom of that dial that see to >>> correspond to the points at which that switch can be positioned. The >>> leftmost appears to be a "camera" icon. I first thought the one next >>> to it was a video symbol, but on closer examination I don't think so >>> (but don't know what it is). Presumably we can see the icons for 2 of >>> the 3 settings, (but not the one that the switch is currently pointed >>> at). >>> >>> Interestingly, there is also a dot on the top of the body and a >>> corresponding dot on the dial (that can be pointed at each other). The >>> two dots can be seen here: >>> >>> http://tebamaruda2.blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_738/tebamaruda2/1205428shs0xx0lah07jxj-80cdd.jpg >>> >>> I have to say that the "grid" setting on that dial is interesting to >>> me. That used to be a feature of pro cameras focusing screens. The >>> fact that it can be selected makes me think that it provides some sort >>> of lines that overlay the viewfinder (but only when selected). That >>> makes me think that this camera might have some sort of EVF overlay >>> function or some sort of hybrid optical/EVF. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Mark Roberts >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> After the "accidental" (cough, cough) showing in NYC the camera, >>>> apparently officially named the K-1, is on display again at a show in >>>> Paris. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://photorumors.com/2015/11/05/pentax-k-1-pentax-full-frame-dslr-on-display/ >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >>>> www.robertstech.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- 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.
