This week's Amateur Photographer reports on the imminent UK photo show: Focus on Imaging at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, 24-26 Feb.
Of interest: Pentax: 'The Pentax MZ-6 SLR will get its first public airing, lining up alongside the Pentax 645N II medium-format camera.' Digital: '...hottest kit launches, such as the Contax N Digital - the world's first publicly available digital SLR of it's type. Using a 24X36mm image sensor, the same as 35mm film format, its CCD boasts more than six megapixels.' Feature: Also of interest, an article about National Geographic photographer Mattius Klum who carts the following on his expeditions: five Nikon F5 bodies, 17 Nikkor lenses, Pentax 645 and 67 and a Leica M6 [presumably stuffed up his sleeve after all that lot...;-) ] However, a couple of the superb animal shots in the mag were taken with LX: one is a BCU of a lion's head shot with 'Pentax LX, 600mm f/4' along with a monkey shot, and a slight abstract of a Borneo valley shot with 'Pentax LX, 200mm lens' Adverts: So rare, I thought I'd mention this one: Nicholas Camera Company, 15 High St, London (0207 916 7251) are advertising a lot headed simply: 'Property of a Gentleman' (!) and then lists a load of expensive stuff like a Nikon S3 2000 model, plus some Nikon junk, er lenses, but interestingly: '2000 Pentax Mirror - adapted to suit any SLR' I take it that this means he *can* adapt it? Or have they machined a Tamron Adaptall mount on it? 2000mm!! Sheesh. I'd be able to see most of you from here, looking through that :-) Cheers, Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - 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 .
