Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-05 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
JCOC This got me thinking. Do any of the current JCOC DSLRs have a multi scan mode with low light conditions JCOC so you could put the camera on a tripod and get better JCOC noise performance or is a simple long exposure time good enuff to do JCOC the job? IIRC, just about any digicam, not

Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-03 Thread Paul Ewins
But the Pentax 67 can't take any backs, and the ones on the Pentax 645 are inserts, not full backs. So what. All Pentax needs to do is introduce a digital only body that will take the 645 lenses (and via the adapter, 67 lenses) and that is taken care of. A digital only body would be a clean

Re[2]: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-03 Thread Mike Ignatiev
AFAIK, p67 is used mostly in field. assuming this is so, now, if one decides to lug all that glass and metal with him (along with a big tripod), instead of 35mm gear, the reason must be (unless the person is out there to get some fitness excercise) to get the maximum quality on the film, short

Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-03 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
- Original Message - From: Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital) But the Pentax 67 can't take any backs, and the ones on the Pentax 645

Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-03 Thread wendy beard
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone keeps saying that Pentax is used exclusively in the field... Everyone I've talked to has told me that the 6x7 (67, 67II) are used almost exclusively by fashion photographers. I haven't used my 67 in a field yet. I did take it up a

Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-03 Thread Pål Jensen
David wrote: Everyone keeps saying that Pentax is used exclusively in the field... No. Almost exclusively... Everyone I've talked to has told me that the 6x7 (67, 67II) are used almost exclusively by fashion photographers. How many fashion photographers are there? If the 67 had been

Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread Rob Brigham
From http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/get-it.shtml; Manufacturers. Don't get me started! Well, maybe a little. The saying goes that The Internet changes everything, and to some extent it's true. But try telling that to some of the large Japanese manufacturers. Epson is a good example.

RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 5:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital) From http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/get-it.shtml; Manufacturers. Don't get me started! Well, maybe a little

RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread Rob Brigham
on the LCD if you wanted. -Original Message- From: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 September 2002 10:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital) but arent all high end digital cameras SLRS? I

Re: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread Bob Rapp
Hi Rob, - Original Message - From: Rob Brigham original totally snipped I read the original article in addition to your message. The things I got out of it are different than what was presented. Digital will come, but it is not here yet. In the consumer area, it has arrived -

RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread J. C. O'Connell
, September 02, 2002 5:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital) Or they could put a digital viewfinder on it. The nice thing about this would be that you could ALWAYS have DOF preview engaged, and not have a dark

RE: Michael Reichmann's take on current marketplace (inc stuff on Pentax digital)

2002-09-02 Thread Rob Brigham
He has an article about that too: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/d60-night.shtml Seems that up to 30 secs exposure the D60 aint too bad, unlike many others, so I guess they are getting there. I have never heard of a multiscan for this, but its an interesting idea. -Original