They have one the RD-3000. 2.7 MP and can use every lens in the lineup except the 400mm prime. All are zooms except for a 50mm Macro lens. SCSI interface and has some improvements over the 35mm based RD-175. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Rittenhouse Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: First 6-mp full-frame digital SLR is out Doesn't Minolta have two or three digitals based on their APS SLRs? In some ways that seems the more sensible way to go. --graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: Re: First 6-mp full-frame digital SLR is out > "Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I sure agree with you Mark. Now the real question, are Pentax marketing > >droids as smart as you and I? > > I think they'd have to be blind and deaf not to see the writing on the wall and > hear the fat lady, well, warming up, at least. > > By next year, lack of a digital camera to convince the public of the Pentax > line's long-term viability will start to hurt sales of the MZ-S. It may be > hurting sales already. I probably wouldn't have committed myself to Pentax's > lens line to the extent I have this past year if I hand't thought my gear would > be compatible with an upcoming digital body. I certainly wouldn't have spent a > thousand dollars on a new body (MZ-S) to go with my existing lenses if I thought > I'd have to replace them soon to go with a different brand digital SLR. I just > bought Ed Mathews 43/1.9 Limited but that's going to be my last Pentax lens or > body purchase until I'm confident that there'll be a compatible digital body in > the near future. I can't afford to go down a dead end path. (I don't think I am, > by the way; I'm just being cautious.) > > 2002 will be the crunch year. Any camera manufacturer without a digital body for > it's 35mm lens line will be getting out of the 35mm SLR business whether they > want to or not. It'll be interesting to see what happens with Minolta. I haven't > heard anything about them producing a digital body for their system. Will they > be content with point-and-shoot film cameras and high-end all-in-one digicams? > Might not be a bad way to go from a profit standpoint. But because of this > uncertainty, right now I wouldn't even *think* of buying a high-end Minolta body > unless I already had a huge investment in Minolta lenses. Even then, I'd think > very hard first. > > I think the main market for the Contax digital SLR isn't people just getting > into a high end 35mm system or even the people who already have the Contax N1: > I'll bet it's the professionals now working with the Contax 645. It's a > relatively inexpensive (compared to a medium format digital back!) way for them > to add digital to their repertoir because it will accept all the Contax 645 > lenses they already own. > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> This is also why Pentax needs the digital SLR fast. > > -- > Mark Roberts > www.robertstech.com > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
