Unfortunately still no mention on Pentax, unless that is the 'embargoes' reference...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Brigham > Sent: 18 September 2002 16:31 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: more Photokina info > > > From C d'I: > > SLRs at Photokina > > Much noise currently circulating in connection with the > innovations of Photokina. Some are founded, others not... C > d'I sorts between information and rumours. > > A few days before Photokina, the rumours are rife in > connection with what one will see there... of what one could > see there... but also the converse - what one will not see > there! Maintained by the policy the embargoes, which often > transforms rumours into information, many things circulate, > in particular in connection with the SLRs, which remain the > flagship products of the photo market. Thus let us try to > sort it out. > > > *** Canon Eos-1 Ds > > It is not any more a rumour, it is fact: Canon will reveal, > in Photokina, a new version of its Eos-1 D, whose name will > be Eos-1 Ds. > > The apparatus takes again the same physical characteristics > exactly as current the 1-D and, outside, it is different from > it only by its logo. > Under the cap, Canon placed Cmos (and not a CCD!) whose size > is roughly the double of that of Eos-d60: it offers a > resolution of 11,1 m�gapixels on a surface of 24x36mm (23,8 X > 35,8 exactly!), that is to say 4064x2704 pixels. > > The large advantage of Eos-1 Ds is to allow the use without > restriction nor coefficient of conversion the wide-angle lenses. > It is a little slower than Eos-1d, but has all the same > finctions, with 3 fps for 10 successive images. > > This apparatus will be marketed in December and its probable > price is of 10.000 euros. > > > *** NIKON D2-x & D2-h > > Several Internet sites announce two new Nikon D1 with, for > one of them, a resolution of 14 Mpix: SORRY, BUT They ARE FALSE! > > Nikon will not again introduce a pro SLR before spring 2003. > > As for knowing what this will be, one can only speculate. As > we wrote during the test of D1-x, it is obvious that > engineers of Nikon work on a > track: after having divided the pixels into two in the > height, it remains to them to divide them into two in the > width, which would enable them indeed to reach 11, even 14 > Mpix if the sensor were slightly increased. But for the > moment, this is only assumption. > > Photokina 2002 will therefore be quiet for Nikon and the > immediate innovations are: > - a version 3Mpix of Coolpix 2500; > - probably, the availability of an UPDATE of the software of > Coolpix 5000 which, inter alia improvements, would enable > recording Raw files. > > > *** MINOLTA SLR > > Alas, nothing again under the sun. The stand will thus be > occupied by Dim�ge 7Hi (alias Dim�ge 9!) and the rumours of > SLR with interchangeable lenses are not founded for the moment. > > > *** CONTAX DIGITAL N > > There exists... and it is even on sale. A new version of its > software even arrived this week. In light of the Eos-1 Ds, > future prospects for this "24x36" camera are concerning > because of its colossal price. > > > *** SYSTEM PRO OLYMPUS > > It will undoubtedly be one of the largest information of > Photokina... even if it is still about a remote project. " > Consortium 4/3 " tries to impose its standards as regards > size of sensor and bayonet (to read separate information). > > > *** SIGMA/FOVEON SLR > > True alarming spectre, this SLR which was to be marketed in > March and whose exit has, since, deferred 15 days in 15 days > HAS NOT GIVEN UP! > > It will even be on one of the stands of Photokina and the > visitors will be able, this time, to test it and carry true > photographs! > > If all is well, it will be on sale in November. > And, if all is well, it will be as definitely less expensive > as Nikon D-100 and Canon D-60 which, since their arrival on > the market, chamboul� the things. > > With the occasion of Photokina, Sigma reveals four new lenses > which should salivate amateurs and professionals. > > The time when Sigma teased the large manufacturers with cheap > objectives is gone: from now on, the turbulent Japanese maker > seeks to innovate, as the four new lenses testify: > > - zoom trans-standard 28-70 mm f/2,8-4 HSZ: will be available > as of October 2002 in mountings Canon, Nikon D, Minolta D, > Pentax AF and sigma. > > - t�l�zoom 80-400 mm f/4,5-5,6 EX OS " Optical Stabilizer ". > Yes, you read well... " 80-400 stalibilized "!!! > A true innovation, with two modes of stabilizations: Mode 1 > (H + V) for the static subjects, mode 2 (H only) for the > follow-up of subjects moving. Like the other objectives with > ultrasonic motorization HSM, it authorizes the permanent > final improvement of the point without disengaging of l.AF. > > - zoom 120-300mm F2,8 EX IF HSM is a lightweight ultra > t�l�zoom constant F2,8 and HSM. > > - zoom 300-800mm F5,6 EX IF HSM is an ultra t�l�zoom with > constant F5,6 and HSM. > > These three new EX zooms will be compatible with Canon, Nikon > and... Sigma, which means that, contrary to certain rumours, > the Sigma SLR is far from being buried. > > > > *** Significant: you can take all that precedes like > INFORMATION SERIEUSE. > It is not a question of rumours and, even if some of these > infos are not yet official, they are exact. > > > >
