Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Bob Blakely
If it ain't black, I don't shoot it. I ain't goin' t'have a camera that so rounded it looks like it was fashioned from a mold normally used to shape a bar of soap either. Regards, Bob... --- Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Just noticed this scary bit on the DP Review web page: In its quest for ever higher performance combined with compact dimensions, PENTAX has been developing lenses compatible with the new PENTAX digital SLR camera. PENTAX aims to launch these in fall 2003. I suspect this means lenses with

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Pål Jensen
Mark wrote: I suspect this means lenses with less-than-full-frame coverage, made specifically for the DSLR. Hope this doesn't affect plans for the full-frame digicam so many of us are holding out for. We also though that that was what the FA J lenses were all about. It could in fact mean

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark wrote: I suspect this means lenses with less-than-full-frame coverage, made specifically for the DSLR. Hope this doesn't affect plans for the full-frame digicam so many of us are holding out for. We also though that that was what the FA J lenses were

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Mike Johnston
I suspect this means lenses with less-than-full-frame coverage, made specifically for the DSLR. Hope this doesn't affect plans for the full-frame digicam so many of us are holding out for. I'm sure not holding out for it. A smaller-than-35mm sensor is one of the primary advantages of the new

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26 Feb 2003 at 18:16, Mike Johnston wrote: I suspect this means lenses with less-than-full-frame coverage, made specifically for the DSLR. Hope this doesn't affect plans for the full-frame digicam so many of us are holding out for. I'm sure not holding out for it. A

Re: It's HERE!... Bah!

2003-02-26 Thread Dan Scott
On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 07:44 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: I'm holding out for it (10MP+ FFS), a smaller-than-35mm sensor is a major disadvantage to my mind. But we've been through all this before... Thank your chosen deity they've finally done something but I'll stick with my Oly E for