Quoting Cotty, who wrote on Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:27:10AM + ..
On 24/02/08, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed:
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-)
I always remember my brother-in-law
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/02/24 Sun AM 12:21:36 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: next week's news
On 2008-02-23, at 19:20, mike wilson wrote:
IIRC, it was the same two companies involved in that battle as in
the videotape war
mike wilson wrote:
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/02/24 Sun AM 12:21:36 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: next week's news
On 2008-02-23, at 19:20, mike wilson wrote:
IIRC, it was the same two companies involved in that battle
Next week's Amateur Photographer in the UK has a newspaper style
insert, The Amateur Photographer Iformer
Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre
spread on the GX20. On the front page you can read about their plans
to produce their own lenses rather than rely on Tokina.
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Behalf Of Peter Fairweather
Sent: 23 February 2008 10:25
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: next week's news
Next week's Amateur Photographer in the UK has a newspaper style
insert, The Amateur Photographer Iformer
Samsung feature very strongly with a 2
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Peter Fairweather
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre
spread on the GX20. On the front page you can read about their plans
to produce their own lenses rather than rely on Tokina. With help
from their
Ummm...Sony. Last thing I knew, they were still
trading, and gloating over the triumph of Blu-ray over
HD-DVD.
--- Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone remember the name of the Japanese firm that
used to make
betamax? I wonder if they are still trading?
Peter
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:54:47AM -0600 ..
Peter,
Since when is Schneider anything more than an old trade name that
Samsung slaps on somebody elses lenses. Schneider last made lenses
when, the 1950's or early 1960's? I have some in M42 screw mount for
Keep
Peter,
Since when is Schneider anything more than an old trade name that
Samsung slaps on somebody elses lenses. Schneider last made lenses
when, the 1950's or early 1960's? I have some in M42 screw mount for
the old Pentax K camera.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Peter
- Original Message -
From: Bob Sullivan
Subject: Re: next week's news
Peter,
Since when is Schneider anything more than an old trade name that
Samsung slaps on somebody elses lenses. Schneider last made lenses
when, the 1950's or early 1960's? I have some in M42 screw mount
Wilko,
Thanks for the correction.
I didn't see many 35mm lenses there...
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:54:47AM -0600 ..
Peter,
Since when is Schneider anything more than an old
- Original Message -
From: Peter Fairweather
Subject: next week's news
Anyone remember the name of the Japanese firm that used to make
betamax? I wonder if they are still trading?
I think they make sensors for Pentax cameras now.
William Robb
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Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre
spread on the GX20. On the front page you can read about their plans
to produce their own lenses rather than rely on Tokina. With help
from their partners Schneider they will be able to create very high
quality products
Okay, let's
From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/02/23 Sat PM 02:31:20 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: next week's news
Ummm...Sony. Last thing I knew, they were still
trading, and gloating over the triumph of Blu-ray over
HD-DVD.
IIRC, it was the same two
Okay, let's get this straight:
But Samsung do seem increasingly to be trying to distance themselves
from Pentax, at least for public consumption.
Joe
I agree. So why would a company with a very limited background in this
field be trying to distance thenselves from Pentax?
Do they know
Quoting Bob Sullivan, who wrote on Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:30:46AM -0600 ..
Wilko,
Thanks for the correction.
I didn't see many 35mm lenses there...
Schneider is quite big in MF lenses, and they are also engaged in lenses
optimised for digital capture. I think (could be wrong) that the new
MF
- Original Message -
From: Peter Fairweather
Subject: Re: next week's news
Okay, let's get this straight:
But Samsung do seem increasingly to be trying to distance themselves
from Pentax, at least for public consumption.
Joe
I agree. So why would a company with a very limited
On 23/02/08, Peter Fairweather, discombobulated, unleashed:
Anyone remember the name of the Japanese firm that used to make
betamax? I wonder if they are still trading?
You can still buy the tapes. Since mid-1980s, it's just they are called
something different.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:21:24PM +, Peter Fairweather wrote:
Okay, let's get this straight:
But Samsung do seem increasingly to be trying to distance themselves
from Pentax, at least for public consumption.
Joe
I agree. So why would a company with a very limited background
On Feb 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Peter Fairweather wrote:
I agree. So why would a company with a very limited background in
this
field be trying to distance thenselves from Pentax?
Samsung has been working to get into photographic equipment for
years. They owned both Rollei and Schneider for
I think Sony could survive any number of disasters. Think Root Kit.
Peter Fairweather wrote:
Next week's Amateur Photographer in the UK has a newspaper style
insert, The Amateur Photographer Iformer
Samsung feature very strongly with a 2 page advertisement centre
spread on the GX20. On the
On 2008-02-23, at 19:20, mike wilson wrote:
IIRC, it was the same two companies involved in that battle as in
the videotape war.
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-)
Cheers,
Sylwek
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On 24/02/08, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed:
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-)
I always remember my brother-in-law bleating on about his Video 2000 kit
- it has the best freeze-frame function
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk
Subject: Re: next week's news
On 2008-02-23, at 19:20, mike wilson wrote:
IIRC, it was the same two companies involved in that battle as in
the videotape war.
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course
- Original Message -
From: Cotty
Subject: Re: next week's news
Hands up anyone who doesn't have five hundred VHS cassettes in the loft
(attic) gathering dust
I probably took that many Beta tapes to the dump when my last machine died and
I decided it
wasn't worth the effort
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:27:10AM +, Cotty wrote:
On 24/02/08, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed:
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-)
I always remember my brother-in-law bleating on
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