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If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer,... Okay, so we now know the upcoming Pentax semi-pro body will be named EOS-killer. What else? Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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--- Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the odds, considering the information strategy the mother company has? Pentax Japan tells the distributors less than nothing! That's the case in Europe, at least. Applies to all actual products too. They just let us Pentax users to discover the charm of their products. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer,... I think I said they would make a camera that outperforms what Canon can offer in image quality... Pål
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I'm still holding out for the *ist-DLX... Alan Chan wrote: If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer,... Okay, so we now know the upcoming Pentax semi-pro body will be named EOS-killer. What else? Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels. --Groucho Marx
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This is marketing. It means nothing. Dario - Original Message - From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:50 AM Subject: Seen in this week's Amateur Photographer... ...a full-page Pentax advert containing the following copy: At Pentax we've been making some of the world's finest lenses for over 50 years. Now, with the *istDS we've created a digital SLR that's compatible with all of them, with just a few limitations in functions. Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop-down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling points? Conspiracy theories: * This proves that Pentax aren't planning to release any new lenses in the near future. * This proves that Pentax realise the importance of backwards compatibility; we can expect future bodies to feature the reappearance of the aperture indicator coupler. * This is marketing. It means nothing. S
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On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Steve Jolly wrote: Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop- down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling points? I'm still wondering where their image stabilising and ultrasonic lenses are. If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer, I guess we can expect to see these features soon... any day now... just around the corner... Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
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--- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still wondering where their image stabilising and ultrasonic lenses are. If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer, I guess we can expect to see these features soon... any day now... just around the corner... IMHO, Pentax desperately need IS/VR type technology to kill anything. Anything else w/o IS/VR first is a waste of resource. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html
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Quoting Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] Conspiracy theories: [...] I think the most likely conspiracy theory is that Pentax Japan is holding their cards to tightly to their chest as usual. Pentax UK sounds like they don't know what's coming, so they choose to focus on the past. Pentax Japan is extremely inept at making use of buzz for creating interest about coming products. If the worlwide distributors were fed with little bits of information they were allowed to pass on to dealers and customers, the whole brand-name would suddenly be more active and viable. Jostein This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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On 6/1/05, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: IMHO, Pentax desperately need IS/VR type technology to kill anything. Actually, they only need some nukes grin More good lenses, an MZ-S-like DSLR, accesoriesflashes - that will keep me away from the dark side. Uh, and money to buy them ;) Alex Sarbu
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Jostein wrote: I think the most likely conspiracy theory is that Pentax Japan is holding their cards to tightly to their chest as usual. Pentax UK sounds like they don't know what's coming, so they choose to focus on the past. Pentax Japan is extremely inept at making use of buzz for creating interest about coming products. If the worlwide distributors were fed with little bits of information they were allowed to pass on to dealers and customers, the whole brand-name would suddenly be more active and viable. But this has changed the last year or so after the new boss was hired. Before, the Pentax engineers leaked, now the boss does. Eg. it is a couple of years ago they told us about an MF DSLR with sensor from Kodak. The baby *ist (DL) was also mentioned and according to the same sorce, a semi pro DSLR is forthcoming. Pål
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- Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before, the Pentax engineers leaked, now the boss does. :-) Well, neither has been very effective at propagating authorised rumors to the distributors and the dealers. That's where the hearsay is most likely to catch the customers' ears... Jostein
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Maybe they have. However, at least here in the US, Canon and Nikon provide bigger kickbacks to the dealers, and bigger spiffs to the salespeople, so those are pushed heavily. Often you have to beat the salesperson up to get her to show you anything else. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Jostein wrote: - Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before, the Pentax engineers leaked, now the boss does. :-) Well, neither has been very effective at propagating authorised rumors to the distributors and the dealers. That's where the hearsay is most likely to catch the customers' ears... Jostein -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.4.0 - Release Date: 6/1/2005
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On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 07:29:39PM +1200, David Mann wrote: On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Steve Jolly wrote: Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop- down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling points? I'm still wondering where their image stabilising and ultrasonic lenses are. If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer, I guess we can expect to see these features soon... any day now... just around the corner... Of course we can expect to see these features. The question is whether these expectations will be realised :-)
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- Original Message - From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe they have. However, at least here in the US, Canon and Nikon provide bigger kickbacks to the dealers, and bigger spiffs to the salespeople, so those are pushed heavily. Often you have to beat the salesperson up to get her to show you anything else. What are the odds, considering the information strategy the mother company has? Pentax Japan tells the distributors less than nothing! That's the case in Europe, at least. Jostein
Seen in this week's Amateur Photographer...
...a full-page Pentax advert containing the following copy: At Pentax we've been making some of the world's finest lenses for over 50 years. Now, with the *istDS we've created a digital SLR that's compatible with all of them, with just a few limitations in functions. Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop-down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling points? Conspiracy theories: * This proves that Pentax aren't planning to release any new lenses in the near future. * This proves that Pentax realise the importance of backwards compatibility; we can expect future bodies to feature the reappearance of the aperture indicator coupler. * This is marketing. It means nothing. S
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My theory, Pentax realized they cocked up. It took them long enough. (I'd say idiot marketers but that's self evident). Steve Jolly wrote: ...a full-page Pentax advert containing the following copy: At Pentax we've been making some of the world's finest lenses for over 50 years. Now, with the *istDS we've created a digital SLR that's compatible with all of them, with just a few limitations in functions. Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop-down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling points? Conspiracy theories: * This proves that Pentax aren't planning to release any new lenses in the near future. * This proves that Pentax realise the importance of backwards compatibility; we can expect future bodies to feature the reappearance of the aperture indicator coupler. * This is marketing. It means nothing. S -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels. --Groucho Marx
