Re: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
Yes probably a touch screen. My hope is something more innovative. On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 19:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > Someone guessed it could be a "proximity sensor". If the camera > has a touch-screen, that gets turned off when you look through the > viewfinder. > It is similar to cell-phones that turn off the screen when you bring it to > your ear. > > Igor > > > Toine Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:04:48 -0700 wrote: > > The sensor below the eyepiece: Maybe an EVF but why a pentaprism on > the body. Maybe both DSLR and EVF. I have wet myself :) > > > > -- > 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. -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
Someone guessed it could be a "proximity sensor". If the camera has a touch-screen, that gets turned off when you look through the viewfinder. It is similar to cell-phones that turn off the screen when you bring it to your ear. Igor Toine Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:04:48 -0700 wrote: The sensor below the eyepiece: Maybe an EVF but why a pentaprism on the body. Maybe both DSLR and EVF. I have wet myself :) -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
A long time, yes; but I clearly remember the video you starred in with your K10D (or maybe the K10 starred, with you). It was during one of those moments when Pentax thought that some advertising might not be a bad thing. Rick > On Sep 22, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > It's been a very long time since I used a Pentax (or even Ricoh) camera now. > The 2003 vintage Olympus E-1 that has been my favorite DSLR (along with my > three favorite E-System lenses) is still on the shelf, works fine, etc, but I > rarely use DSLRs anymore. My last, and probably final, Pentax lens is the > superlative Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Special which I use very happily on a Leica > CL APS-C mirrorless body: it makes superb photographs. As soon as the new > Hasselblad gets here, I'll be testing it out on that too… I expect it will > cover the 33x33 sensor crop I'll be using very nicely. :) > > 100 years since Asahi Optical was founded? That's a lot of history. I > celebrate any photographic company that can creditably trace their history > back as far as a century … Photographic equipment has been a tumultuous, > chaotic business. > > Bravo Pentax! Keep it going! > > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > > > -- > 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. -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
I wonder if that's a real thing or just some kind of sarcastic comment by ADMIN? On 9/21/2019 15:38:53, P. J. Alling wrote: So the Pentax 100 years meeting is/was to be held today, or yesterday based on your understanding of the international date line. The New Flagship DSLR was/is to be exhibited there so I figured I would do a search to see if there was more information on the new camera. Instead I found this: https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/19/pentax-100-years-of-history-limited-edition-hot-shoe-cover-o-hc171-officially-announced/ Truly RIcoh's marketing has absorbed it's lessons from Pentax and has become the Best of the Worst. Strangely enough I'd like one, but damned if I'll buy one. On 9/20/2019 4:08 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh importer. Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
It's been a very long time since I used a Pentax (or even Ricoh) camera now. The 2003 vintage Olympus E-1 that has been my favorite DSLR (along with my three favorite E-System lenses) is still on the shelf, works fine, etc, but I rarely use DSLRs anymore. My last, and probably final, Pentax lens is the superlative Pentax-L 43mm f/1.9 Special which I use very happily on a Leica CL APS-C mirrorless body: it makes superb photographs. As soon as the new Hasselblad gets here, I'll be testing it out on that too… I expect it will cover the 33x33 sensor crop I'll be using very nicely. :) 100 years since Asahi Optical was founded? That's a lot of history. I celebrate any photographic company that can creditably trace their history back as far as a century … Photographic equipment has been a tumultuous, chaotic business. Bravo Pentax! Keep it going! G — No matter where you go, there you are. -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
Good grief. At 3:38 PM -0400 9/21/19, P. J. Alling wrote: So the Pentax 100 years meeting is/was to be held today, or yesterday based on your understanding of the international date line. The New Flagship DSLR was/is to be exhibited there so I figured I would do a search to see if there was more information on the new camera. Instead I found this: https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/19/pentax-100-years-of-history-limited-edition-hot-shoe-cover-o-hc171-officially-announced/ Truly RIcoh's marketing has absorbed it's lessons from Pentax and has become the Best of the Worst. Strangely enough I'd like one, but damned if I'll buy one. -- The Office Gallery - Scenic and Landscape Photography by Steve Sharpe 24 Maple Avenue Ellershouse NS B0N 1L0 902-253-2148 d...@eastlink.ca http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
So the Pentax 100 years meeting is/was to be held today, or yesterday based on your understanding of the international date line. The New Flagship DSLR was/is to be exhibited there so I figured I would do a search to see if there was more information on the new camera. Instead I found this: https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/19/pentax-100-years-of-history-limited-edition-hot-shoe-cover-o-hc171-officially-announced/ Truly RIcoh's marketing has absorbed it's lessons from Pentax and has become the Best of the Worst. Strangely enough I'd like one, but damned if I'll buy one. On 9/20/2019 4:08 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh importer. Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:08:13 + (UTC) Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > >I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh >importer. > >Read more at: >https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi Wow. Am I glad I did NOT invest in another system (Olympus of Panasonic micro-43) but instead got the DFA 15-30 and the 24-70mm. I swear my mouse has been hoovering over the 'buy now' buttons several times earlier this year :) Time to get the 150-450 I guess. Happy Camper! And I might have mentioned it before, but that 15-30 is an AMAZING lens, way more versatile than I expected. I did a family outing shoout last week carrying that, and two other lesnes, and ended up shooting 99% with the 15-30 :) Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
Moore's law has been broken for about 5 years now. However I was really hoping that they hadn't gone crazy on the UI since changing between cameras is getting to be more of a pain as I get older. That looks like it might not be true since the top plate controls kind of look like those on the K-1 and the K-P but not really, and the back plate looks like the K-3 but not really. That said, the addition of a joystick for selecting autofocus points etc. is probably a very good thing, better than a lot of videocentric controls on a camera that's universally acknowledged as a not great video platform. The third dial on the back of the top plate if it can be dedicated to something useful such as ISO would be very useful. The small dial that eats into the top plate display seems to have very few functions on it, enough said about that. Better auto focus would be nice, improved battery life would be nice, higher resolution than the K-3 is probably a given, but I don't really think it's necessary in an APS-C sized sensor, fewer higher quality pixels might be a better option but the Megapixel wars must go on apparently. Higher frame rates also probably a given, (hopefully with the return of the 1/8000 sec top shutter speed), but it kind of depends on the implementation. I expect that higher dynamic range is also in the cards, though probably through programming trickery, still that too would be nice, (nicer if the user could turn it off to get true raw files, if possible). Faster bus speed with a big buffer, yes that would be nice too. Most likely we'll see one or the other of those. I really do hope this gives people a compelling case to upgrade, because that's the only way RIcoh will sell enough cameras for Pentax to survive as a brand and a system. Unfortunately as with all Digital cameras nowadays, it's main competition will be with the previous two or three generations of digital cameras, which reached sufficiency for the needs for most photographers, and sell at bargain prices. On 9/20/2019 2:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 20, 2019, at 9:28 AM, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 08:08:13AM +, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh importer. Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi Hmm. It looks as though I'll probably be buying a camera next year … It will be very interesting to see how it performs. There seems to be about a 2-3 year gap in APS vs FF sensor performance. In theory based on Moore’s law it would be about 1.5 years for a doubling of performance makes up for having half the sensor area. With something like a four year gap between the K-1 and this, the sensor might out perform the K-1. Similarly they also have several years of technology to throw at autofocus. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
The sensor below the eyepiece: Maybe an EVF but why a pentaprism on the body. Maybe both DSLR and EVF. I have wet myself :) On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 at 17:35, Ken Waller wrote: > > So the sky isn’t falling. > > > -Original Message- > >From: Jaume Lahuerta > >Subject: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited > > > >I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish > >Pentax/Ricoh importer. > > > >Read more at: > >https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi > > > -- > 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. -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
> On Sep 20, 2019, at 9:28 AM, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 08:08:13AM +, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: >> I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish >> Pentax/Ricoh importer. >> >> Read more at: >> https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi > > Hmm. It looks as though I'll probably be buying a camera next year … > It will be very interesting to see how it performs. There seems to be about a 2-3 year gap in APS vs FF sensor performance. In theory based on Moore’s law it would be about 1.5 years for a doubling of performance makes up for having half the sensor area. With something like a four year gap between the K-1 and this, the sensor might out perform the K-1. Similarly they also have several years of technology to throw at autofocus. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 08:08:13AM +, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish > Pentax/Ricoh importer. > > Read more at: > https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi Hmm. It looks as though I'll probably be buying a camera next year ... -- 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: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
So the sky isn’t falling. -Original Message- >From: Jaume Lahuerta >Subject: New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited > >I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh >importer. > >Read more at: >https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi -- 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.
New Pentax Flagship DSLR Prototype to be Exhibited
I received this today from Pentaxforums and also from the Spanish Pentax/Ricoh importer. Read more at: https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/pentax-news/new-pentax-dslr-prototype-to-be-exhibited.html#ixzz603AzzCzi -- 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.
