Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-05 Thread encor
Pl Audun Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the Dynaxx 7 is regarded as a failure according to the Wall Street Journal. Minolta is loosing millions on it. I believe the SSM lenses are just consolidation to prevent loosing even more customers. I don't know anything about foreign market, but

Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-05 Thread encor
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent! We haven't had the what's a professional camera discussion in at least two weeks. I was beginning to think something was wrong... g -frank the amateur I don't want to start such a disscussion by any means. This is my private definition.

Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-05 Thread encor
Michael Nosal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 645N-D 645 to take digital backs, like the Mamiya 645AFD and Contax 645. How about the 645 N II, that has ANY interchangeable backs: film (medium format, 35mm and Polaroid) and digital?:) Greetz Artur - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List.

Re: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-04 Thread Cliff Nietvelt
] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 7:15:26 +200 Cliff Nietvelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um645nII? No kidding? They sell the 645 N II in the 35mm format? Or maybe they introduced a 35mm

Re: Re: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-04 Thread Alan Chan
All right, the Z-1p wasn't that succesful, but why? Wasn't it because of a poor marketing strategy? Wasn't it because of strange (IMHO stupid) strategy of abandoning the idea of upgrading the Z-1p in any way? I'm a great Pentax fan and I think its amateur level products are among the best on

Re: Re: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-04 Thread Alan Chan
Exactly. Still, people more frequently chose EOS300 instead of MZ-5n. Why? I don't really know. But I would imagine they didn't compared the EOS with MZ/ZX bodies side-by-side. By the truth is, I do not know. :( IMHO professional level camera means the camera used mostly by professional

Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-03 Thread encor
Bob Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hire SOME marketing and promotion people! There must be some of them among the Pentax staff, at least one... Hmmm, perhaps they are C or N agents, huh? Anyway, my wish list goes like this: - ANY IS and/or USM lenses (preferably an IS version of the

Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-03 Thread Cliff Nietvelt
] Subject: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:41:26 +200 Bob Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hire SOME marketing and promotion people! There must be some of them among the Pentax staff, at least one... Hmmm, perhaps they are C or N agents, huh? Anyway, my wish list goes

Re: Re: Re: Big announcement coming up

2002-06-03 Thread encor
Cliff Nietvelt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Um645nII? No kidding? They sell the 645 N II in the 35mm format? Or maybe they introduced a 35mm interchangeable film back for it?:)) Speaking seriously, the 645 N II is a great camera but it's a medium format after all, so it's not the