Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-11 Thread Mike Johnston
Jeff T. wrote: > I had the opportunity to shoot the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show with my > brother's D30 and while it was a pleasure shooting digital with a proper > SLR rather than a point and shoot, the D30 ergonomics and interface > leave much to be desired... btw, I got my first picture published in

Re: RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-11 Thread David Brooks
E: New Pentax digital SLR Well, whatever chip they use, they better bring on the Pentax digital body awfully bloody soon! I had the opportunity to shoot the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show with my brother's D30 and while it was a pleasure shooting digital with a proper SLR rather than a point and sho

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-11 Thread Matamoros, Cesar A.
From: Jeff Tsai ... btw, I got my first picture published in Car & Driver this month! Look for the write-up on the TMS by Peter Lyon; I took the prototype Skyline GT-R pic for the article! Cheers. Jeff http://www.lumine.net/driving/ Jeff, Congratulations! I will have to look at t

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-11 Thread Jeff Tsai
Well, whatever chip they use, they better bring on the Pentax digital body awfully bloody soon! I had the opportunity to shoot the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show with my brother's D30 and while it was a pleasure shooting digital with a proper SLR rather than a point and shoot, the D30 ergonomics and in

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-10 Thread Kent Gittings
iginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Eric Lawton Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax digital SLR Several times now people have alluded to this Olympus interchangeable lens digital camera. Is there a

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Lawton
Several times now people have alluded to this Olympus interchangeable lens digital camera. Is there any information available on it? It seems like olympus might really have the upperhand hand here since (I assume) they will be designing an entirely new lens line specifically for digital - may

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-10 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
pros who bought into the LX were. And I guess that is the gist of it. Ciao, graywolf - Original Message - From: Pål Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:22 AM Subject: RE: New Pentax digital SLR But you can't sell a

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-10 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
ål Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:22 AM Subject: RE: New Pentax digital SLR Cesar wrote: >I don't see how the MZ-D is already obsolete. It is obsolete because the chip is far more expensive than those the competition, and

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-10 Thread Ed Mathews
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Pål Audun Jensen > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: New Pentax digital SLR > < They only ones who can justify this cost are

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-09 Thread Len Paris
> But isn't this exactly what Pentax have done? They have said that theres no > point in releasing the MZ-D prototype as showed at Photokina because its > essentially obsolete already. Hence, they will make a more competitive > digital camera based on the same platform instead. > > > Pål > - I th

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-09 Thread Matamoros, Cesar A.
> Mark wrote: > > > > >So you are right - it does not make sense to devote a lot of effort to > >building a high end digital that will soon be obsolete. However, given > the > >inevitability of digital, some articulation of a plan to adapt to the new > >technology from Pentax would be wise. G

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-09 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Mark wrote: >So you are right - it does not make sense to devote a lot of effort to >building a high end digital that will soon be obsolete. However, given the >inevitability of digital, some articulation of a plan to adapt to the new >technology from Pentax would be wise. Given that this com

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-07 Thread Kent Gittings
01 3:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax digital SLR Mark wrote: >I think that full-frame CCDs and smaller ones may well coexist. Mike Johnston >recently mentioned professional wildlife photographers who don't want to >"upgrade" to the latest Canon D30 beca

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-07 Thread Mark Cassino
I think the issue is more of a concern that Pentax will not move fast enough and will miss an opportunity. I for one would be happy to just hear a statement form Pentax about what they intend to do. Your analogy to computers is a little off the mark. Computers offered new functionality right

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Audun Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark wrote: > >>I think that full-frame CCDs and smaller ones may well coexist. Mike Johnston >>recently mentioned professional wildlife photographers who don't want to >>"upgrade" to the latest Canon D30 because it's CCD yields "only" 1.3x focal >>len

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-07 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Mike wrote: >The only effort to standardize chip size that I'm aware of is being led by >Kodak, who are urging adoption of a 4/3rds-inch chip size. Small chip sizes, >far from being a dead end, will are what will be used in consumer cameras. >The market for these will be vast--actually, already

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-07 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Mark wrote: >I think that full-frame CCDs and smaller ones may well coexist. Mike Johnston >recently mentioned professional wildlife photographers who don't want to >"upgrade" to the latest Canon D30 because it's CCD yields "only" 1.3x focal >length magnification. For most of us a full-frame CCD

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-06 Thread Kent Gittings
system. Kent Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Mustarde Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax digital SLR On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 14:12:41 -0600, you wrote: snip > If Pentax co

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-06 Thread Kent Gittings
Mike Johnston Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax digital SLR And, now, Pal, here we are totally DISagreeing. Pal wrote: > Although, I have some sympathy with those who want faster Pentax equipment > introductions, I fail to see the se

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread John Mustarde
On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 14:12:41 -0600, you wrote: snip > If Pentax could duplicate [the D30] its quality >for 1/2 to 2/3rds the price and make use of K-mount lenses it would have a >sure winner on its hands in no time. A 3.3mp or better K-mount digital for $1000 - 1500 sounds like a winner to me, t

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread Cotty
I just re-read the following, and my reply doesn't make sense. Read a revision after for some semblance of sanity... Pal wrote: >>Although, I have some sympathy with those who want faster Pentax equipment >>introductions, I fail to see the sense in wanting an utterly out of date >>digital slr

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >PÂl wrote: > >>Although, I have some sympathy with those who want faster Pentax equipment >>introductions, I fail to see the sense in wanting an utterly out of date >>digital slr. Firstly, its generally assumed industrywise that the small >>size chips are a dead end. Full frame chip

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread george de fockert
- Original Message - From: "Pål Audun Jensen" >Firstly, its generally assumed industrywise that the small > size chips are a dead end. Full frame chip is the way of the future. >Thirdly, Pentax have clearly stated that they want to > make a COMPETITIVE digital slr in the near future. In f

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread Cotty
Ooh! An on-topic thread, what a find! Ooh, I even started it. Yippee ;-) PÂl writes: >Although, I have some sympathy with those who want faster Pentax equipment >introductions, I fail to see the sense in wanting an utterly out of date >digital slr. Firstly, its generally assumed industrywise t

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-05 Thread Pål Audun Jensen
Although, I have some sympathy with those who want faster Pentax equipment introductions, I fail to see the sense in wanting an utterly out of date digital slr. Firstly, its generally assumed industrywise that the small size chips are a dead end. Full frame chip is the way of the future. Secon

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-12-01 Thread Jan van Wijk
Well said Cotty! Exactly my own point of view at the moment ... (delaying buying a 3-set of limited lenses until things clear up :-) Regards, JvW On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:43:22 +, Cotty wrote: > >If there is anyone at Pentax reading this, or anyone knows anyone at >Pentax, please copy and

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Well, I just got the the engineers from Philips Semiconductor to buy me lunch so the day wasn't a total loss ;-) The people I met with today didn't have any information on any of the Philips CCD products (as I expected) but one of them said he could easily find out if Contax is using the Philips p

Re: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-11-30 Thread Cotty
This seems to be in keeping with the look of how things are panning out. It must be obvious to the whole industry that the success of the Canon D30 has highlighted the need for medium-priced pro/am digi SLR. With the previous 6MP Pentax vapoware, the price would have been well within the Nikon

RE: New Pentax digital SLR

2001-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål wrote: >I've been told (something that doesn't prevent it from being bull***, but >anyway) that Pentax have decided to use another chip in the MZ-D. >Theres no reason to automatically assume that it will be a different camera >and that it will use a chip smaller than 24x36. In fact, you