Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. > On 3/3/08, Wilko Bulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Timber, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:23:01PM +0100 .. > > > > > Paul, > > > You really want me to go totally broke? I am trying to surmount the > > > temptation, but you make it very hard :D Couldn't you just post images > > > to show something bad about the K20D to save me from running dangerously > > > low on money? :D > > > > > > All the pictures are very impressive. As I read on a german page at the > > > Photokina there will be 2 announcements from Pentax... a 'one numbered' > > > and a 'three numbered' digital. If Pentax manages to make this sensor > > > with Full Frame and releases a K2D with the same pricing policy (so > > > cheaper than Nikon's D3 and Canon's 1D series... maybe somewhere around > > > Canon EOS 5D?) then I believe the two giants could have a very serious > > > > > > With proper aperture stuff so I can fit my beloved M-lenses, and an > > exchangable focusing screen, so that I can stick a split-image screen in > > it. > > Viewfinder like the MX, or, even better, the LX. Autofocus for those who > > want it/think they need it. A hack to retrofit lens data info onto older > > lenses like Leica did for the M8 glass. > > > > We can dream, can we? > > > > > > Wilko > > > > Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, > enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the > lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this
Is that better? Playing with wheels & buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. > for EXIF and matrix metering, while Leica's got certain image > optimizations also applied. > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > 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. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- 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.
