Just got notification from BH about the new Pentax cameras.

2013-06-18 Thread P.J. Alling
Their web site goes on for pages showing every available color combination. snark Pentax has the most extensive line of DSLRs in existence! Eat your heart out Canon!/snark Ok, serious observation and poll question. Is anyone else still disappointed that there is no provision for an optional

Re: Just got notification from BH about the new Pentax cameras.

2013-06-18 Thread Walt
On 6/18/2013 1:02 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Ok, serious observation and poll question. Is anyone else still disappointed that there is no provision for an optional EVF on the new Full Frame Q7? Not me. I'm a weird amalgamation of neophyte and Luddite. I didn't start taking photos with any actual

Re: Just got notification from BH about the new Pentax cameras.

2013-06-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 18, 2013, at 2:02 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone else still disappointed that there is no provision for an optional EVF on the new Full Frame Q7? -- No -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Just got notification from BH about the new Pentax cameras.

2013-06-18 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Their web site goes on for pages showing every available color combination. snark Pentax has the most extensive line of DSLRs in existence! Eat your heart out Canon!/snark Ok, serious observation and poll question. Is anyone else still

Re: Just got notification from BH about the new Pentax cameras.

2013-06-18 Thread Paul Ewins
No, not for that camera. I keep daydreaming of a Q-Pro or Q-Limited with controls laid out for an enthusiast, rather than a casual snapshotter, and higher quality lenses. That one would need an EVF. In my daydream the EVF replaces the built in flash and pops up/folds out when needed. Paul

New Pentax Cameras

2004-08-24 Thread Cotty
Optio X: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04082401pentax_optiox.asp Optio S5i: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0408/04082402pentax_optios5i.asp Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: New Pentax Cameras

2004-08-24 Thread Keith Whaley
BTW, the other new release by Pentax is the Optio S50. Now, in _simple_ terms, what is the difference between the S5 and the S50? Or, for that matter, the S4 and the S40? I don't want the specifications, I can go to dpreview for that, but a few sentence description of how they differ. Pentax

Re: New Pentax Cameras

2004-08-24 Thread frank theriault
--- Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now, in _simple_ terms, what is the difference between the S5 and the S50? Or, for that matter, the S4 and the S40? I don't want the specifications, I can go to dpreview for that, but a few sentence description of how they differ. snip

Re: New Pentax Cameras

2004-08-24 Thread graywolf
The S50 is a standard PS digital. The S5 is the minature (Altoid tin size) pocket camera. Or is it the other way around? -- Keith Whaley wrote: BTW, the other new release by Pentax is the Optio S50. Now, in _simple_ terms, what is the difference between the S5 and the S50? Or, for that matter,

Re: New Pentax Cameras

2004-08-24 Thread Keith Whaley
The S5 is the 5 MP version of the S4. And, since the S4 will fit the can, I assume the S5 will as well... keith graywolf wrote: The S50 is a standard PS digital. The S5 is the minature (Altoid tin size) pocket camera. Or is it the other way around?

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-24 Thread Steve Desjardins
Of course, in camera IS would only work with the digital cameras, but that seems to be the way of the world right now. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-23 Thread John Francis
John wrote: All I see them saying is that there will still be some lenses made for the 35mm market. And we've got a pretty good idea what they will be - lower-priced FA-J lenses (without the aperture ring); It is definitely more than FA-J lenses. The new lenses will have

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 23 Dec 2003 at 15:08, Pål Jensen wrote: You may be right. However, I do believe focal lenght is transmitted to the body by all Pentax AF lensesor is it only FA lenses? Anyway, moving sensor is a much more elegant solution for IS on a DSLR as it eliminate all the optical problems

New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Pål Jensen
Have you guys seen this? It may be old news but I've been off-line for awhile. According to Pop Photography: With its *ist D certainly the compact, lightweight winner of all digital SLRs, Pentax vows to move in two directions: even smaller, lighter, less expensive digital SLRs (Pentax: there's

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Dag T
It is old news, and can be translated into some obvious statements: They´ll have to compete with 300D but they´ll keep a line of more advanced cameras They´ll have to come up with some kind of image stabilization They´ll make some lenses that are compatible with film cameras Not much information

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Pål Jensen
Dag wrote: It is old news, and can be translated into some obvious statements: They´ll have to compete with 300D but they´ll keep a line of more advanced cameras They´ll have to come up with some kind of image stabilization They´ll make some lenses that are compatible with film cameras

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Robert Leigh Woerner
Welcome back.

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Anthony Farr
- Original Message - From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] (snip) making all your lenses into IS lenses. (snip) Pål Welcome home Pål. My guess is that the motion sensor of an in-the-body IS would need to have some lens data, particularly the exact focal length, to calculate and

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Robert Gonzalez
I agree there is information there. What's esp intriguing are the new 35mm (non-aps) lenses. Its a stretch, but me thinks that it might be a hint that there is potentially a full frame dslr in pentax's future. Pål Jensen wrote: Dag wrote: It is old news, and can be translated into some

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread John Francis
Boy, is that a stretch. All I see them saying is that there will still be some lenses made for the 35mm market. And we've got a pretty good idea what they will be - lower-priced FA-J lenses (without the aperture ring); the rest of the quoted article strongly suggests that Pentax will continue

Re: New Pentax cameras

2003-12-22 Thread Alan Chan
The only concern is that full frame DSLR with Minolta like AS is not quite possible. Yours regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I agree there is information there. What's esp intriguing are the new 35mm (non-aps) lenses. Its a stretch, but me thinks that it might be a hint that