That's a lot of money. On second thought a Taxi driver must invest in a car - a new Mercedes Benz (most common cap here) is appr. 1 million Danish Kroners, icluding normal taxes - perhaps 500.000 kr for cap driver. An old rule of thumb here says that a million (161.000 USD) invested will create one job. So I guess for a photographer it's not that expensive to pay perhaps 100.000 kr (16.000 USD) for a camera. Does anyone have a clue about the price of a 645D? How many Megapixel?
Yes, the Danish IT-industry was wery fast in creating a good sensor (Ixpress) and scanners (Imacon). I think they started off by making backs for Rollieflex (SL 66) in the 1980'ies. The first sensors were really scanners - with very long exposure. Good for commercial photography, showing technical stuff and such. Much have changed since then. I think Imacon was bought by Hasselblad or they merged, as their website said, with Imacon last year. So, it's a "Swedane" company, really. Actually I was told that the sensors come from Havdrup, a small village 5 miles from where I live, 35 km south of Copenhagen. I should visit them some day :-) Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Toralf Lund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. oktober 2005 21:18 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... Jens Bladt wrote: >...or two. When was the Hassie H2 with Imacon sensor/Ixpress back presented? >It seems a lot of pro's are using this already, judging from TV. >I guess it's quite expensive, being from Scandinavia, but I can't seem to >find a price anywhere. >I guess it's in the neighbourhood of 10.000-15.000 USD?? > > I've seen Norwegian retail prices for some of them, but the only one I could find right now was NOK 241000 for the Imacon Ixpress 132C. I *think* I saw a lower-spec model qouted at something like 125000, possibly not including 25% tax. Compare that to NOK60000-70000 for the EOS-1Ds mark II, or 7900 for an *istDS and you should get a general idea of the price range. Actually, I would expect prices to be approximately the same in Denmark... >Some more asian competition might very be good for the photographers! > > Probably. I find it quite interesting that there are actually two Danish companies (the other being PhaseOne) that produce MF format digital photo equipment, though - and those are also the only ones I know about. >Jens Bladt >Arkitekt MAA >http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sendt: 1. oktober 2005 19:31 >Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >Emne: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... > > >It seems the 645D may be/might be coming in a year late... > >Tom C. > > > > > > >>From: Kevin Waterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax... >>Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:13:46 +1000 >> >>This one time, at band camp, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Pentax's interest in the pro market is spelled "medium format". >>> >>> >>Indeed, but where is the Pentax 645D? >> >>Kind regards >>Kevin >> >> >>-- >>"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. >>Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. >> >> > > > > >
