I shared the link to it when it was mentioned at photorumors.com on 2/5/14 (subject line: In addition to the 1.4X TC and the new 645D...) and again when it was shown at CP+ on 2/13/14 (subject line: Pentax images from CP+ yesterday )
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Much to my surprise, I've only just discovered that Pentax have a product > in > this market for slide and film copying, which was shown in Japan in 2014 as > a prototype but is on sale now - no idea how long it has been out, but it > costs approx £850 without accessories in the one place I've found it in the > UK. > > Product link: http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.uk/en/duplicator.html > > Further info: > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2014/04/21/pentax-film-duplicator-helps > -you-scan-35mm-and-medium-format-film-quicker > > It looks very much like the bellows set of old reinvented for the digital > age, and given it was launched before the K1, talks about set up with K3 & > 645 lenses. Usefully, it's capable of taking images of film of various > formats (provided you buy the relevant accessories to do so). > > A product that once again Pentax is very much late to the party for, but > their products are normally well worth the wait. I wonder if anyone has > seen > this and can tell us more. > > I'm really interested in this. > > Malcolm > > > > > -- > 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. > -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- 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.
