RE: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Bob W
> > On Dec 16, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Bob W wrote: > > > Today is probably as important for photography as the day Oskar > > Barnack > > first clicked the shutter of the ur-Leica. > > boy I tell ya. You people been bitchin about wanting a black > and white > digital camera, so now you got one...

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Doug wrote: > boy I tell ya. You people been bitchin about wanting a black and white > digital camera, so now you got one... My *istD is black and white. Black with white lettering. I'm happy with it... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Doug
On Dec 16, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Bob W wrote: Today is probably as important for photography as the day Oskar Barnack first clicked the shutter of the ur-Leica. boy I tell ya. You people been bitchin about wanting a black and white digital camera, so now you got one... -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Mark Roberts wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday > December16, 2008 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 1:49 PM > Jack Davis wrote: > >

RE: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Bob W
Today is probably as important for photography as the day Oskar Barnack first clicked the shutter of the ur-Leica. > > >From the feed: > > "Pentax has announced a limited edition of the K2000 (K-m in Europe) > in white, bundled as a double zoom kit with the camera body and two > kit lenses. Bot

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: > >> Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ > >> Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. >> Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and >> announce a new camera... > >> And we'll all likely recoil from the news! > Never! Not photo

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Jack Davis" Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16,2008 --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Ken Waller wrote: From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: Pentax will have some an

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Ken Waller wrote: > From: Ken Waller > Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday > December16, 2008 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 1:26 PM > Kenneth Waller >

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Joseph McAllister" Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16,2008 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaxima

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Cassio Dorneles
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM, AlunFoto wrote: > The image is gone already. > Did it seem to have a pair of big ears and a long trunk in the middle? :-) No, that's me :-) > > Jostein > > 2008/12/16 Cassio Dorneles : >> Accordingly to dpreview's rss, there's an white K2000. Not in the >> site

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Christine Aguila
From: "Joseph McAllister" 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera... And we'll all likely reco

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera... And we'll all likely recoil from the news! Never! Not

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread AlunFoto
The image is gone already. Did it seem to have a pair of big ears and a long trunk in the middle? :-) Jostein 2008/12/16 Cassio Dorneles : > Accordingly to dpreview's rss, there's an white K2000. Not in the > site yet, just in the rss feed. The image in the feed looks > photoshopped: > > http:/

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Cassio Dorneles wrote: > >From the feed: > Pentax has also > released an online game for K2000 users to learn more about the camera > and have a little fun." Whats next, Tetrus on the lcd screen for something to do in between weddings.:-) Dave > > On Tue, Dec 16,

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Cassio Dorneles
>From the feed: "Pentax has announced a limited edition of the K2000 (K-m in Europe) in white, bundled as a double zoom kit with the camera body and two kit lenses. Both Pentax DA L 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL and Pentax DA L 50-200mm F4-5.6 AL lenses and the K2000 body sport a white finish with a black t

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Cassio Dorneles
Accordingly to dpreview's rss, there's an white K2000. Not in the site yet, just in the rss feed. The image in the feed looks photoshopped: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0812/Pentax/pentax_km_white_right.gif A really ugly camera, IMO. Cassio On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Joseph McAllister w

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:24 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera... And we'll all likely recoil from the news! Never! Not photographer

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 16, 2008, at 10:24 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera... And we'll all likely recoil from the news! Never! Not

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Bill Owens
But you juwt rifled through them at high velocity. Bill On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 1:24 PM, AlunFoto wrote: >>> Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) >>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ >> >> Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. >> >> Perhaps later today they'll bit

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread AlunFoto
>> Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ > > Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. > > Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and > announce a new camera... > And we'll all likely recoil from the news! >>> >>> Neve

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
Especially if we get to use our complete arsenal of lenses. Jack --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Ken Waller wrote: > From: Ken Waller > Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday > December16, 2008 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, D

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Rick Womer
--- On Tue, 12/16/08, Christine Aguila wrote: > > > > 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : > > Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. > :-) > > http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ > > Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. > > Perhaps later today they'll bite the > bullet and

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16,2008 AlunFoto wrote: > > 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins : >> Pentax Announcement: >> >> "That D3 is a really nice came

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Luiz Felipe Lima
ow, come on... what you're folks aiming at?? Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:40:08 -0500, Mark Roberts escreveu: > David J Brooks wrote: > > wrote: > >> - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" > >> > >>> 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : > >>> Rifle scopes.

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: wrote: - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera...

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" > > >> 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : >> >> Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) >> http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ > > Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. >

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "AlunFoto" 2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and announce a new camera... And we'll all likely rec

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread AlunFoto
2008/12/16 Mark Roberts : Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ >>> >>> Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. >>> >>> Perhaps later today they'll bite the bullet and >>> announce a new camera... >>> >> And we'll all likely recoil from the news! > >

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
And binoculars... Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com On Dec 16, 2008, at 06:40 , Mark Roberts wrote: > 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins : >> Pentax Announcement: >> >> "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". >> > Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) > http://www.pentaxi

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: > >> From: Mark Roberts >> AlunFoto wrote: >>> 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins Pentax Announcement: "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". >> >>> Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) >>> http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ >> >> Ah well. It wa

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
And we'll all likely recoil from the news! Jack --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Mark Roberts wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday > December16, 2008 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, Decembe

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Well, I know what brand I intend to shoot with . . . >>> Mark Roberts 12/16/2008 9:40 AM >>> AlunFoto wrote: > > 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins : >> Pentax Announcement: >> >> "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". >> > Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) > http:/

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Mark Roberts
AlunFoto wrote: > > 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins : >> Pentax Announcement: >> >> "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". >> > Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) > http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ Ah well. It was just a shot in the dark. Perhaps later today they'll bit

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread AlunFoto
Rifle scopes. Yesterday, not today. :-) http://www.pentaximaging.com/news/ 2008/12/16 Steve Desjardins : > Pentax Announcement: > > "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Pentax Announcement: "That D3 is a really nice camera but it's awfully expensive". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well duh! Of course! On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:25 PM, John Celio wrote: > Something just occurred to me: > > It's really stupid to announce a new product or model during the holiday > season. Any company would prefer consumers get their old model off the > shelves during the busiest shopping s

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread AlunFoto
P.J.! Stop trying to make sense will you! :-) Jostein 2008/12/15 P. J. Alling : > A 645D that doesn't sell for less than a Canon 5D mk II and make a profit > doesn't earn back the initial investment. > AlunFoto wrote: >> >> 645D. >> Doesn't cannibalise a thing. :-) >> >> Jostein >> >> 2008/12/15 T

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
"Always look on the bright side of life ... " Godfrey On Dec 15, 2008, at 8:37 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A 645D that doesn't sell for less than a Canon 5D mk II and make a profit doesn't earn back the initial investment. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I've seen a couple viral moves by Pentax that showed someone there was thinking. Unfortunately that person or group doesn't have a budget. Gonz wrote: LOL. Your assuming that Pentax has a marketing department with brains. Or a marketing department at all! On 12/14/08, John Celio wrote:

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread P. J. Alling
A 645D that doesn't sell for less than a Canon 5D mk II and make a profit doesn't earn back the initial investment. AlunFoto wrote: 645D. Doesn't cannibalise a thing. :-) Jostein 2008/12/15 Tim Øsleby : Agrred. So it's probably nothing. Unless it is something that does not cannibalize th

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Gonz
LOL. Your assuming that Pentax has a marketing department with brains. Or a marketing department at all! On 12/14/08, John Celio wrote: > Something just occurred to me: > > It's really stupid to announce a new product or model during the holiday > season. Any company would prefer consumers g

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Jack Davis
Hummm..that's a surprise! J --- On Mon, 12/15/08, David J Brooks wrote: > From: David J Brooks > Subject: Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday > December16, 2008 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 6:42 A

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:25 AM, John Celio wrote: > Something just occurred to me: > > It's really stupid to announce a new product or model during the holiday > season. I just checked Kenny boy's web site, and he has not reviewed it yet, what ever it is., Dave Any company would prefer con

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
:-) Perhaps. Or perhaps a new m-K system :-) But most likely it is just another fart from the rumor pit. MaritimTim 2008/12/15 AlunFoto : > 645D. > Doesn't cannibalise a thing. :-) > > Jostein > > 2008/12/15 Tim Øsleby : >> Agrred. So it's probably nothing. >> Unless it is something that does no

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread AlunFoto
645D. Doesn't cannibalise a thing. :-) Jostein 2008/12/15 Tim Øsleby : > Agrred. So it's probably nothing. > Unless it is something that does not cannibalize the existing models. > The holy grail i.e. :-) > > MaritimTim > > 2008/12/15 John Celio : >> Something just occurred to me: >> >> It's real

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Agrred. So it's probably nothing. Unless it is something that does not cannibalize the existing models. The holy grail i.e. :-) MaritimTim 2008/12/15 John Celio : > Something just occurred to me: > > It's really stupid to announce a new product or model during the holiday > season. Any company w

Re: Pentax will have some announcement this coming Tuesday December16, 2008

2008-12-14 Thread John Celio
Something just occurred to me: It's really stupid to announce a new product or model during the holiday season. Any company would prefer consumers get their old model off the shelves during the busiest shopping season of the year and not have them second-guess their purchases when something b