Remember the MZ-D, with the 6mp sensor that the contax dslr now uses, it was finished and ready. Pentax just decided that the price was not in line with the market trend and getting the chips was not easy either. Pentax has a finished DSLR that only needs a cheaper chip or different market to enter.
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: P�l Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 19:32:36 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Pentax WILL (most likely) show a > digital SLR at Photokina! > > > David wrote: > > > Now we look at Pentax - Great 67, decent 645, and > lots of support from a > > lot of users out there........BUT.... no > interchangeability. Only > inserts. > > While it probably could be done, it would have to > be done with Pentax's > > blessing and with their help. Pentax engineers > would have to get > involved, > > perhaps more work than a "standard" > interchangeable back ? Then we look > at > > the fact that any digital insert that would be > made could ONLY be used > > within the Pentax system and would be totally > useless if the 3rd party > > tried to adapt it to Bronica/Mamiya/Blad. > > Pal wrote: > >The 645 has interchangeable backs. It's just that > you can't change film > mid->roll without fogging the film, something that > hasn't the foggiest > impact on >a digital back. It can easily be done. > >However, a more awkward technical solution than a > digital back cannot be > >imagined. If they make one, it's only a preliminary > solution. Pentax > >already has a digital 35mm slr. All they need to do > is increase film-mount > >distance with approximately 1,5 cm's. Increase the > size of the prism and > >mirror. Mount a 645 lens mount and a bigger CCD and > the're all set. The > >same could be done for the 67 system. The 645's > design is wholly dictated > >by the fact that the film run up-down. Without this > limitation, and > without >a large film transport, a 645 digfital slr > could be made at the > same size >as a Nikon F100 and look similar. > > > >P�l > > True interchangeable backs would allow you to change > mid roll - that's the > whole concept behind them. Pentax's backs, while > being "interchangeable" > require you to fire off all the film, or fog it as > you have suggested. So > the whole concept of interchangeability is lost. > > With respect to the "Pentax already has a digital > 35mm slr" - is this true > ? or should it have read "If Pentax already had a > digital 35mm slr". I'm > curious since if the former is true, then you > obviously know something that > the rest of the world don't :-) > > Cheers, > Dave > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
