My guess is that Pentax will show an almost working prototype at PMA, then pull the plug a month later. Steve (smitten) Larson Redondo Beach, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 2:26 AM Subject: RE: Pentax D10?
> Michael Reichmann is certainly adamant that someone is going to unveil a > camera using the full frame 35mm 10 Megapixel Foeveon at PMA. > > There is some speculation as to whether this is due to confusion over > the fact that the Sigma chip is called 10M, but someone emailed Michael > and he said "he was sure it was 10MP and not 10 million photosites. His > answer was yes, it's a full frame (35mm) 10MP Foveon chip. Now the big > question is which manufacturer." > > Michael has hinted that he has an inkling who it is, but wont talk. > > My guesses would be: > > Canon - Nope they are happy as they are for now. > Kodak - ditto > Fuji - Seem committed to CCD > Nikon - possible, we are waiting for their full frame but I reckon they > are already committed to their current chip supplier for this > Olympus - nope, they have changed format. > Minolta - nope, they have said they aint going there yet... And I > believe them > Pentax - Possible, but surely they would get the APS model out first? > Would be nice to think it was them and they do have the body waiting for > it. I can see why it would appeal to Pentax as a way into the market. > Sigma - Possible, we know they have been looking for Foveon full frame > for a while. > > So Pentax or Sigma would seem most likely. I would normally guess > Sigma, except Michael seemed to hint that it would be someone different. > I can see why foveon would be keen to get another camera maker signed up > too, and what a thing to tempt them with! But then wouldn't Sigma be > p****d off with them for not supplying them first? > > Lets wait and see... > > Looks like the Photokina-esque speculation will be even bigger for PMA!! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 03 December 2002 02:23 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Pentax D10? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm not evening going to speculate on wether this is correct > > or not. But it would make send that this would be sold along > > with the DSLR which has previousely been mentioned with the > > 'APS' sized sensor. > > > > It would be similar to the Canon D60 and 1D combo and the > > Nikon D100 and D1X/D1H combo. A pro and consumer version, > > maybe the one with the smaller sensour would end up in a > > standard MZ body and the 10mp one in the MZ-S body. > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:03 PM > > Subject: Fw: Pentax D10? > > > > > > > I pass this on without comment. > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Brian > > > To: William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:29 PM > > > Subject: Pentax D10? > > > > > > > > > > The rumors are getting pretty interesting. > > > > > > > > I just heard one from a retailer about a "Pentax D10" that > > > will employ a > > > > full frame 10 megapxiel Foveon sensor(no typo - full frame 10 > > > meg > > > > foveon). The individual even claimed to see a spec sheet- 3 > > > FPS, JPG and > > > > RAW recording, multi color space selection, and expected > > > retail of > > > > ..err..$4,999 (I find this price hard to believe). According > > > to him > > > > Pentax will steal the spotlight at PMA and drop 2 bomb shells > > > that will > > > > give Canon and Nikon and Kodak a serious run for the money. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > http://www.phototracks.net > > > > > > > <http://www.dpreview.com/misc/rdr.asp?url=http://www.phototracks > > > .net> > > > > > > > > > > > >
