On 3/09/07 7:16 AM, Bob Shell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you suffer from TLS? (Tiny Lens Syndrome)
If so, Sigma has the cure:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp
Batteries not included but the camera is.
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On 3/09/07 12:21 PM, David Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm so excited by the idea I think I just wet myself.
Wanna NASA's issue diaper?
Another rumour says that it was Canon who's been quietly working with Foveon
(I am not totally convinced by this as Canon do not seem to have much
On 3/09/07 1:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Photography is important to me, it's not just a passing fancy that I
dally in to pass the time. It sounds like it is just that to you.
I'll say what I think about something that's important to me.
Otherwise, what waste my time on
On 3/09/07 1:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's all nothing more than a big load of condescending bullshit.
You're being pissy and picking a fight because you think I meant to
offend your delicate sensibilities. I didn't, get over it. My comment
was not directed at you
On 3/08/07 7:23 AM, Ryan Lee, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The link on that page is javascript, but here's the content link:
http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/200_500_28.htm
Looks ridiculous to me :-)
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Mmmm..
APS-C Foveon sensor
More refined styling plus viewfinder.
http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/compact/2007/03/08/5749.html
Awfully tempting. Let's see what other might come up with.
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On 3/08/07 9:11 AM, John Whittingham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You could always gut it and use it as the worlds most expensive thermos flask
8)
A guy in Japan posted;
With a radar dome attached in front, this is a fat submarine with a crew of
two.
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On 3/08/07 9:08 AM, Boris Liberman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Drat... Not FAST enough for *me* is what I was trying to say...
Yes, but for this size, faster than this would probably not fit in. Curious
to see the sensor performance at higher ISO.
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Just some interesting observations.
Industrial Information Research Institute of Japan have published annual
survey of the digital camera usage.
Link is below;
http://www.industrial-info.biz/press/press20070307.pdf
Sorry, it's in unknown alien language but all you have to read are those
charts.
On 3/08/07 10:35 AM, Jaume Lahuerta, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually I think that the 28mm are alredy 'equivalent'.
The lens is a 16.6mm F4.
It has a sensor 12 times the size of 1/2.5 and 8 times the 1/1.8.
So, can't simply dismiss it. Remember, this is for the portability with
excellent
On 3/07/07 6:48 PM, Tomasz Machnik, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is no switch inside the card. The tab, when in unlocked position,
activates a switch in the socket, allowing the card to be writable.
No tab = card read only.
Thought so, as it was such a cheap plastic slide button. Sort of
So, what do you think? Does this look real, or something to keep the
current market? :-)
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/digital-cameras/pma-07-breaking-sony-alpha-flagsh
ip-first-pics-242663.php
http://tinyurl.com/yoag7u
And
On 3/08/07 4:23 PM, Markus Maurer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you take into account that Pentax simple could not deliver the K10D here
in Switzerland until this week but only the smaller DSLR I wonder how the
statistics would be if there was no shortage. They must have lost a lot of
sales
On 3/08/07 4:27 PM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I could mean anything, more empty space, more electronics, larger sensor
therefore larger prism to cover it. Who knows.
True, and I have no interest in Sony DSLR anyway.
But as a speculation game :-), they might come up with a larger
On 3/08/07 4:45 PM, Ryan Lee, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think the new Sigmonster will look *that* strange mounted on a
soccer mum's supermarket 4WD.
She needs it to chase her husband's... :-).
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On 3/08/07 5:00 PM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gawd is that prism ugly though, looks like it belongs on a Praktica.
Well, that's one of the reasons why I think it's just a mockup. It's Sony's
idea of flagship pentaprism :-).
Sony CFO recently stated that they have a couple of new
On 3/08/07 5:16 PM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very ugly. Something like a Lada car.
What are they thinking! It looks more like my old ME's (1970's) pentaprism
area. If this is Sony's idea of what their DSLR flagship should look like,
well, what can I say.
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On 3/08/07 6:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What da heck do I care what it looks like? I want to know what it
sees ...
Does it work well? how much will it sell for? what sensor is in it?
are what are important to me.
Godfrey, here you go again. You are not the only one
On 3/08/07 6:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does it work well? how much will it sell for? what sensor is in it?
are what are important to me.
Those too are being discussed everywhere now. I have my own speculations,
and it will start soon :-).
But when it starts, please do
On 3/08/07 6:43 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are not the only one who thinks so, of course. Why do you think others
won't think that way? What's wrong in chatting about the shape or anything
else.
BTW, the ugliest camera I encountered so far (at the time) was PZ-1p
On 3/08/07 7:31 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You mean I cannot voice my opinion that I don't give a rat's ding-
dong what it looks like? And you can voice your opinion that it is ugly?
I do not think this is the point. And I was just joking on Sony's mockup.
It is not what
On 3/08/07 10:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then what *IS* the point, Ken? You want me to relax and yet you
continue to insinuate that there is something wrong with my voicing
my opinion. If you're accusing me of something, it would be nice to
know right up front what it
On 3/09/07 12:00 AM, Boris Liberman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However at minimal ISO the noise is about as good as regular APS
cameras, right? Then, for this case only, the f/2 zoom would be
beneficial, isn't it?
This is often compared with very popular Ricoh GRD which has fast lens
(2.4?)
On 3/08/07 10:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't give a damn what Sony's new pro DSLR looks like. It looks
like a camera to me. A Pentax 645 looks like an ungainly box with a
pipe on the front and a handle. A Hasselblad is another fugly box
with a pipe stuck on it. The
On 3/07/07 12:43 AM, Doug Franklin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why do you say that, Ken. Am I missing something? It seems to me that
I set up two SD cards, one with the old firmware and one with the new.
A simple swap of the cards and the magic startup to load new firmware
and I'm set. Does
On 3/07/07 9:10 AM, Doug Franklin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It can be in read-only memory, and in that case you can't upgrade it, if
that's all that's available.
Yes, of course :-). My stupid.
More often what you'll have is some memory
that's read-only and some that's read-write. The
On 3/05/07 10:44 PM, John Celio, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I'd like to know is, what is Olympus using for the sensor-shift
mechanism?
KonicaMinolta / Sony use mechanical tracks to move the sensor.
Pentax uses magnets.
What's another way to do it that would not infringe on other
On 3/06/07 9:18 AM, mike wilson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Presumably, if one wished to fiddle with oneself, one could temporarily
reinstall the older firmware.
Everybody was hoping so, but no avail :-)
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On 3/06/07 9:56 AM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Presumably, if one wished to fiddle with oneself, one could temporarily
reinstall the older firmware.
Everybody was hoping so, but no avail :-)
BTW, there is a report in Japan that 1.10 (not 1.11) made a rear focus
shift. I do
On 3/06/07 2:17 PM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heck, they're having trouble supplying lenses for Pentax APS bodies, so
what else would be new?
Thibouille wrote:
Alright so they can indeed provide lenses to match an hypthetical FF
body. Pentax obviously wouldn't be able.
I
On 3/05/07 8:56 AM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Who still thinks the E4x0 needs a 14mm f2 or 18mm f2 pancake to be right.
Right!
BTW, a mockup of E-1 successor appears to have a tilt/swivel monitor. They
surely have a live view and wonder how they solved the problem of poor
viewfinder,
On 3/05/07 9:07 AM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Olympus did also tease about the E1 replacement which will be coming
later in the year and which will feature Live View aswell + new lenses
etc. Story on Dpreview.
On 3/05/07 10:37 AM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I see it. The camera looks big, which is counter intuitive if you
assume that one of the selling points of the 4/3 system is compactness.
Anybody know how many mega pixels they're trying to squeeze onto the sensor?
Some
On 3/05/07 11:33 AM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/3awo5u
Just for images :-)
Swing-out LCD...cool!
Isn't this useful for you guys, PJ/VJ?
Raise the camera above your head, compose/AF with live view.
I used to have a G3 which had a swivel monitor and I used it a
On 3/05/07 6:12 PM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I simply like a
fold out LCD to allow for candids by looking down into the LCD as
opposed to looking through the viewfinder.
You can even do a 90 degree candid :-)
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On 3/04/07 1:39 PM, David J Brooks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They seemed to get better range after 4-5 charges.
Despite a general belief on Li-ion batteries (no memory effect etc), they
reach the max discharge capacity after several complete cycles, just like
Ni-MH ones.
Don't ask me why, as I
On 3/04/07 8:01 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had submitted the Sun Pillar photo to spaceweather.com. It made it on the
front page of their site yesterday.
http://www.spaceweather.com/index.cgi
I don't know if the link will bring up the correct day or today, but it's on
the
On 3/03/07 6:12 AM, Alastair Robertson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes it terms of tilt swivel, but having to use the camera in manual to
use the AF280T is less than ideal - I've been there. It's okay if you
have time to judge the light, do a bit of trial and error, but for
quick grabs as Ken
On 3/03/07 11:31 AM, Markus Maurer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If I could wish I want an additional old style flash connector like nearly
every film SLR has on digital bodies too.
With that I could use every small and cheap old flash with a cable or grip
in any direction, thats even better
On 3/03/07 12:15 PM, Kenneth Waller, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just because a DSLR or SLR is being used, it doesn't mean the operator knows
what he/she is doing.
This reminds me of an interesting thread/statistics in Japan regarding Canon
EOS. At the recent press conference for EOS 1D Mark
On 3/03/07 12:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All that space on the top of the K10D is now consumed by
the flash, the prism optical system is actually much smaller.
Actually, I heard it other way around. I think it was Nikon who said that
the built-in flash restricts the
On 3/03/07 1:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, for a 100% coverage prism finder, yes, the prism hump would
increase in size even on an 16x24 format camera. But given the
current K10D finder, with its ~96% coverage and nice brightness,
removing the flash would eliminate
On 3/02/07 7:56 AM, Toralf Lund, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But what if you were standing a bit closer to the building (or palace,
I should perhaps say) in the first picture - say, next to that ice
sculpture lit up in blue - and photographing some people up on the
balcony (as it's usually
On 3/02/07 12:27 PM, Markus Maurer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how does your pop up flash diffuser look like? Selfmade or not?
Hi Markus,
When I use a pop-up, it is mostly in close quarter indoor people shots, when
available room light is not enough.
I used all kinds of stuff ranging from
On 3/02/07 3:15 PM, Vic Mortelmans, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The point was that I observed many people, including some with what
looked like real cameras (if you know what I mean) using the popup flash
on this event.
No I don't... I thought that real camera's didn't have pop up flashes?
On 3/02/07 2:20 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But it's very handy in a pinch and that's all the reason for it.
I am trying to make it more useful for better diffusion.
BTW, best flash arrangement was off-centre flash shoe of Pz-1p. I really
miss that camera. It can use
On 3/02/07 2:39 PM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
so we have
more Pentax cameras in this house than anything else! I guess that
assures my presence here
The way it was supposed to be... :-).
Come on Pentax, stuff all this DSLR nonesense - give me a neat little
digital rangefinder
On 3/02/07 2:44 PM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I solved this
problem by holding the camera upside-down :)
Clever!
I can use this idea.
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On 3/02/07 3:00 PM, Toralf Lund, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is the kind of shot I've thought the pop-up flash (or any small
flash) is usable, and useful, for.
I love (very) small and pocketable flashes. GN20/ISO100 will do. My only
gripe is that they don't tilt. I thought Panasonic one
On 3/02/07 3:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The question for that is how you would couple the Limited SLR lenses
to the rangefinder. I don't think we want to get into the long debate
over the focus simulator lever...
Pentax made L mount version of the Limiteds, at least for
On 3/02/07 4:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Had a lot of product shots to do yesterday so while I was at it I
nabbed this one of the Pentax K10D and lenses ...
http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-K10D-kit.jpg
Thanks for sharing.
Just goes to show how delightedly
On 3/02/07 5:01 PM, Nick Wright, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think the 280T would rate as small. If I remember right it
wasn't much smaller than the 500FTZ, talking total size.
That big? Then it's out!
Nikon just put out a tiny flash for their system that has a tilting
head. Kinda neat
Just as a reading material.
This is a snap shot of market share data published every week by an
association consists of all major camera chains (probably more than 80% of
camera sales in Japan). Pentax's market share has been creeping up every
month ever since K10/100D have been put in market.
I stumbled upon a test chart for k10/100D. There is nothing special about
the test chart itself as it is a classic way of measuring the focus point
and DOF etc. But this one has Pentax log on it, making it look like made by
Pentax :-). I do not think Pentax made this, but it appears that you
On 2/27/07 11:39 AM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cotty wrote:
Wasn't this a thread 4 or 5 years ago? :-D
The PDML is an environmentally friendly list and believes in
On 2/27/07 4:07 PM, Walter Hamler, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken, I get a page advertising a drink of some kind, all in Konji ??
Hi Walt,
Yeah, I realized that their (Yahoo!) server is busy or no service. It's
midnight there and for some reason, geocity server there is often not
available.
On 2/27/07 4:24 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken, I get a page advertising a drink of some kind, all in Konji ??
Hi Walt,
Yeah, I realized that their (Yahoo!) server is busy or no service. It's
midnight there and for some reason, geocity server there is often not
available
On 2/26/07 5:32 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So how can DNA tests prove anything about who persons were might/have been
when you don't have anyone else's DNA to compare it to?
And how common would that set of names be for any one of thousands of
families living at the time?
Watch
On 2/26/07 5:22 PM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vancouver, Canada is on my list of favorites. Well worth a visit.
Hey, that's where we wish to retire and take thousands of photos! :-).
Beautiful place, indeed.
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On 2/26/07 5:39 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And how common would that set of names be for any one of thousands of
families living at the time?
Watch tonight's Larry king Live where Cameron is the guest. He'd better have
some answers!
Oops, not tonight. Tonight is someone
On 2/24/07 2:58 AM, Brendan MacRae, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone used the dedicated Pentax sensor cleaning
kit?
Is it worth the $35 and shipping.
I have had no chance of using this, but I was looking for it here.
There have been a few reports of actual use in Japan and they are all
On 2/24/07 7:13 AM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That message was already sent loud and clear with DA lenses replacing
the out of production FA lenses.
And I noted that the 645D lens 55mm/2.8 is designated DFA.
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On 2/24/07 11:03 AM, Tom Simpson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pretty much what the subject line says. I have a lens or three that I
would like to find a new home for, and would like to try trading here first.
Is that in line with the list rules, or not? If not, then I will shut up
and move on
On 2/24/07 1:09 PM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When the time
comes, Pentax will make lenses for the new sensor size (if necessary).
In the meantime, relax and enjoy the great glass that's becoming
available now.
We might want to check if those new telephoto primes, when they
On 2/24/07 2:29 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We might want to check if those new telephoto primes, when they come out,
might also cover 35mm film. It is strange that they quickly changed them from
DFA to DA, probably without any hardware change (my speculation).
They may wish
On 2/24/07 4:32 PM, Joseph Tainter, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is not what I understood previously.
I tought DFA 50mm was indeed the same design as FA50 but that the DFA
100 was Tokina collaboration?
-
FA 50 F2.8 Macro: 8 elements, 7 groups.
D FA 50 F2.8 Macro: 7 elements, 6
On 2/24/07 4:32 PM, Joseph Tainter, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FA 50 F2.8 Macro: 8 elements, 7 groups.
D FA 50 F2.8 Macro: 7 elements, 6 groups.
I do not know where you picked this info but I just checked Pentax Japan
site and it says 8 elements, 7 groups. Unless they somehow further changed
On 2/24/07 4:57 PM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's see if the FA limiteds remain in production. If they're
discontinued, we can probably assume DA is here to stay.
I don't believe that at all. Camera makers have discontinued lenses at
various times over the past few decades
On 2/24/07 5:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Curiously, the closest I've seen in more reasonably priced lenses are
the Pentax lenses...
That's what I understand. I have no Leica lenses, no intention to buy them
and no money to buy them either :-).
But pentax lenses are
On 2/24/07 5:36 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This morning at Dawn. I apologize.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5639647size=lg
Tom, nice and dramatic pic!
And you made me smile (more like a laugh :-). Yes, you should apologize to
many of us here.
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On 2/24/07 5:46 PM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not at all sure what to make of this one. It's disturbing.
It is kind of suppressing with heavy clouds hanging over but I thought that
the cold crisp hills in shadow and red clouds were interesting.
BTW, the moment I saw this, the
On 2/24/07 6:31 PM, Joseph Tainter, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
because I
thought Pentax had announced that the optical formula of the D FA 50 was
only slightly changed from that of the FA 50--something about
eliminating some occasional ghosting for the digital lens.
Hi Joe,
If anything was
On 2/23/07 8:42 AM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kenneth Waller wrote:
I never had any problems with a CF card.
Me three.
I've never had a problem with any CF card or reader.
I had one problem with CF card and that was enough to forget about it. It
happened without warning,
On 2/23/07 10:05 AM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had the first bent pin on my CF card reader just this week. I bent it
back and everything was fine.
When my CF had bent pin (s), the other side was deep inside of camera body
and it was almost inaccessible. If I could get to it with
On 2/23/07 5:10 PM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the only reason the lenses are DA is that there is no plan to
market a full-frame camera. It's as simple as that.
It's indeed as simple as that.
However, some lenses in previous roadmap were denoted as DFA but now DA.
I am
On 2/23/07 8:10 PM, Mark Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard that this is nothing more than a change in nomenclature,
not in the coverage area of the lens.
I am not aware of change in nomenclature but you might know something we
don't. At these FLs, there is no reason to
On 2/22/07 8:43 AM, Paul Stenquist, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5628202size=lg
Body beautiful, boob champ? What a fitting logo! :-).
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On 2/22/07 9:02 AM, John Whittingham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Reviews don't really tell you enough, imo. How can you judge a lens
without using it?
No, but they're a damn good starting point, nothing like a bit of scientific
testing and it's never done me any harm in the past.
Agree.
I
On 2/22/07 3:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A review of specs and testimonials is just a starting point. Once the
question is put and various people offer their opinions based on
their use of a lens or lenses, then going on to say But they all
seem to be compromised and not
On 2/22/07 4:35 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I for one cannot afford to test each lens by buying them first.
Move to Germany. :-)
The German Fernabsatzgesetz (mail order law) says that everything we
buy by mail order can be returned within two weeks for a full refund,
On 2/21/07 10:53 AM, mike wilson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They are classic box shifters of the old school. If imaging sales even
flicker, they will be off on the next big thing faster than the top speed of a
Z1-p shutter.
Totally agreed.
Taking an example of Sony, they are now cutting back
On 2/21/07 11:20 AM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Totally agreed.
Taking an example of Sony, they are now cutting back (retreating mode) on PS3
or whatever they call, as their profit margin began to dwindle.
They would have never entered into DSLR market unless they encountered
On 2/21/07 1:56 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have, however, been through numerous corporate mergers and been on over a
dozen 40+ miilion dollar projects. Whenever I hear 'don't worry that is not
going to happen', I start worrying. It's saved my neck multiple time in the
last 25
On 2/21/07 2:56 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There have been so many people disparaging Sony in the still camera
market over the past five to seven years I simply ignore this kind of
stuff.
Of course, many older photographic companies have gone out of
business, but that's
On 2/21/07 3:30 PM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, please, comments !
Sign of yearly PDML ritual of pre-PMA crazy rumour season is starting up !
:-).
The wilder the rumour is, the more entertaining to break the monotone of
long winter.
A friend of my wife's sister who is associated
On 2/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ken,
I didn't say the topic was stupid or that everyone should ignore it.
I said that *I* ignore it. I ignore it because I've heard the same
things a bazillion times over and over again. I'm tired of hearing
about it. That's *my*
On 2/21/07 4:12 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pana is similar to Sony except they are more ribut now
they are more robust now
Non native speaker should not invent words :-).
Please help, Dave!
Ken
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On 2/21/07 5:48 PM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0702/07022105pentaxdastarlenses.asp
They appear to have dual drive, switching between SSM and screw drive.
Yeaay :-)))
Definite buy. I was waiting for this confirmation.
Ken
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On 2/21/07 5:57 PM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22150903
I believe and hope these long FL prime DA*s should be DFA*s, unless they
made them very very compact which I doubt.
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On 2/21/07 5:56 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I think you're just K1DDing us.
LOL
Hey, we are now getting back to good old days, eh?
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On 2/21/07 5:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
there
are two of those on the market today, namely the Leica M8 and Epson
RD-1. They give you that kind of responsiveness.
Yes, these are the ones I really want, even over DSLRs for everyday shooting
(no macro, no telephoto).
On 2/21/07 7:41 PM, Cory Papenfuss, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty sure that in their professional gear, the quality is
still there. Of course the prices are higher and the margins are fatter.
At least if you buy a professional-grade Sony product though, you get what
you pay for.
Sony
On 2/20/07 12:14 PM, Tom C, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another shot from last week.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5601462
Aahhhhh You did it again! My envying mind make me feel get out
into nature where I really belong (no I'm not a wild mountain man but love
nature and
Ping
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Hi all,
While ago, somebody referred to a post in DPreview wherein the subject
method was explained. I believe the link is this;
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22013971
(This Korean guy, unless he is somehow tied to Samsung, must be an expert
hacker. There are so
On 2/19/07 2:58 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While ago, somebody referred to a post in DPreview wherein the subject method
was explained. I believe the link is this;
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22013971
BTW, it is rumoured that Canon
On 2/19/07 2:58 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
K100D before adjustment:+40microm after:+90microm
*istDS before:+0microm after:+30microm
For K100D and DS etc,
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22023704
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On 2/18/07 6:00 PM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Both to Elvis?
No, but a civil union of Frank and Shel by Pastor Elvis. What an odd
couple!
Ken
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On 2/15/07 10:25 AM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nobody made an 8MP sensor in DX
format, so they couldn't make one.
Canon 30D? When I found they did not go 10mp for this camera, I almost
jumped on it solely for that purpose, even though it was quickly eclipsed by
Digi Rebel. I
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