Bill, that is shocking! I used to use 67II's and did NOT think they
were light or small. At least it had a big negative. That Canon is
one BIG camera for having a sensor of that size.
I guess that was my point.
People don't realize sometimes just how big the big Canon is.
It's something to
I'm no fan of Kodak but hate to see the other full frame sensor
discontinued:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0505/05053104kodakslrdisc.asp
Folks, what bugs me much more is not the signs of digital age as Shel
pointed out. Consider, now we're back to only one company providing
(albeit
Hi!
If I may make a suggestion
Yes of course...
Seriously, don't go out and buy a bunch of clear glass.
It's not really time consuming to change filters. If you are in an all fired
rush to get some glass, get a really good polarizer in each of the sizes you
use, and one protective
Hi!
Here is a strange comparison for you.
The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II is:
156 x 158 x 80 mm, and 1565 grams, battery in.
The Pentax 67II is
185.5mm x 151.0mm x 106.0mm and 1660g with AE Pentaprism Finder, but no
batteries.
Anyone know what a couple of CR-123 batteries weighs?
Just
Hi John! :-)
Fascination with incorrectly-named full-frame sensors still irks me. I
know this topic has been beaten to death here, but come on, if only ONE
company is doing it, there must be good reasons for it. No point in listing
what I think those reasons are, though. In my limited
Hi Toralf,
yes, it ist built by Cosina (also one can buy the lens labeled
Cosina). It goes down to 1:2. I own one and it performes well.
It is very light and small. Price? Something above 100 Euros (in Germany)
depending on state for the Pentax version - below 100 Euros for the Cosina
version
On 31/5/05, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed:
I guess that was my point.
People don't realize sometimes just how big the big Canon is.
It's something to consider when you are wishing for performance enhancement
features though.
I think it appears big when all one is used to is smaller
I suspected that I was misunderstanding something, but did it anyway .-)
I guess Norway is OK, but we haven\t one day with more than 20C yet this year,
so you'll need warm clothes...
Dag
fra: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
yes, that looks nice. I've never been to any of the Scandinavian
This is marketing. It means nothing.
Dario
- Original Message -
From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:50 AM
Subject: Seen in this week's Amateur Photographer...
...a full-page Pentax advert containing the following copy:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm)
sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of
these sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
CN III
--
Whatever you Wanadoo:
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/
This email has
On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Steve Jolly wrote:
Am I the only person to find it amusing that one of the least
elegant features of the Pentax digital SLRs (the automatic stop-
down metering mode that works around the lack of an aperture
indicator coupler) is now one of their major selling
--- Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm)
sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of
these
sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
I imagine current full
--- David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm still wondering where their image stabilising and ultrasonic
lenses are.
If Pal is correct and Pentax is working on an EOS-killer, I guess we
can expect to see these features soon... any day now... just around
the corner...
IMHO, Pentax
Shel Belinkoff wrote on 01.06.05 1:34:
Camera bodies are discontinued. Kodak will continue to develop CCD and
CMOS image sensors.
Here's the part that's most discouraging: Kodak will only support the
cameras through 2008. So, the cameras are what, about a year or so old,
making it that
Quoting Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
[...]
Conspiracy theories:
[...]
I think the most likely conspiracy theory is that Pentax Japan is holding
their cards to tightly to their chest as usual. Pentax UK sounds like they
don't know what's coming, so they choose to focus on the past.
Pentax
Quoting Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
May I ask what is it mail order? And can I use mail order from Israel?
Mail order is what you do when you buy things from shops and have them sent to
you by mail. Like BH. :-)
Jostein
I just have got the battery grip for the ist D, it looks and feels
wonderful. I have a couple of questions though. Does the switch on the top
of the camera have to be on and the switch on the bottom of the grip have to
be on for it to work. The controls on the battery grip don't work
On 1 Jun 2005 at 9:26, Boris Liberman wrote:
That's my point exactly. There seems to be a difficulty for camera
manufacturers to produce so called full-frame DSLR.
Hi Boris,
In my opinion it would be no more difficult to produce a FF DSLR than a partial
frame DSLR but it's guaranteed to be
Alan Chan wrote:
--- Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm)
sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of these
sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
I
Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full
frame (35mm) sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF
digitals surely one of these sensors could be used, even if it has to
be masked?
The larger the sensor the lower the production
Why not try to be optimistic: They may have decided to drop the Nikon og Canon
based full frame cameras in order to concentrate on the cooperation with Pentax
for developing the 18MP 645D.
That way they don't have to deal with the problems concerning FF and wide
angles, as Pentax will be
Quoting Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
FF is dead - long live APS-C! ;-)
I think you're right. Now that the MedF systems are entering the market with
cameras more suited for work outside studios, chances are they will put the FF
high-pixel cameras in a squeeze.
Jostein
On 6/1/05, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IMHO, Pentax desperately need IS/VR type technology to kill anything.
Actually, they only need some nukes grin
More good lenses, an MZ-S-like DSLR, accesoriesflashes - that will
keep me away from the dark side. Uh, and money to buy them ;)
Alex
Charles Wilson a écrit :
I just have got the battery grip for the ist D, it looks and feels
wonderful. I have a couple of questions though. Does the switch on
the top of the camera have to be on and the switch on the bottom of
the grip have to be on for it to work. The controls on the
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Boris Liberman wrote:
That's my point exactly. There seems to be a difficulty for camera
manufacturers to produce so called full-frame DSLR.
Difficulty? Expense, and particularly return on investment. Kodak was
not selling lenses together with their body.
Somehow I think
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Hans Imglueck wrote:
It is very light and small. Price? Something above 100 Euros (in Germany)
depending on state for the Pentax version - below 100 Euros for the Cosina
version (though only the label is changed).
Is the Cosina SMCed?
Kostas
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Shel Belinkoff wrote on 01.06.05 1:34:
Camera bodies are discontinued. Kodak will continue to develop CCD and
CMOS image sensors.
Here's the part that's most discouraging: Kodak will only support the
cameras through 2008. So, the cameras are what, about a year
I haven't seen this anywhere else, but someone found this on the swedish
pentax site.
It looks like another entry level model, targeted even lower than the DS.
http://www.pentax.se/index.asp?url=http://www.pentax.se/default.asp?cat_id=491
6.1mpix, 2.8 frames/sec, 2.5 lcd, SD, PentaMIRROR,
Henri Toivonen wrote:
I haven't seen this anywhere else, but someone found this on the
swedish pentax site.
It looks like another entry level model, targeted even lower than the DS.
http://www.pentax.se/index.asp?url=http://www.pentax.se/default.asp?cat_id=491
6.1mpix, 2.8 frames/sec, 2.5
Jostein wrote on 01.06.05 10:11:
I think you're right. Now that the MedF systems are entering the market with
cameras more suited for work outside studios, chances are they will put the FF
high-pixel cameras in a squeeze.
Yup, it seems so. Pros demanding high resolution will choose portable MF
Henri,
That link doesn't seem to work. Neither of them, actually.
Cory
- Original Message -
From: Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax *ist-DL
Henri Toivonen wrote:
I haven't seen this anywhere
However, APS offerings continue to proliferate. Which probably
indicates which way the DSLR market is going to go.
Full frame sensors aren't as important as we once thought. And as the
technology improves, they'll probably become less expensive. Even among
Canon's high end offerings, only the S
http://81.92.66.63/index.asp?url=http://81.92.66.63/default.asp?cat_id=491
here is the correct link... DNS servers seem not to work
- Original Message -
From: Henri Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: Pentax *ist-DL
Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 11:57:
Hmmm... I've been thinking that camera producers are bound to increase
the sensor size soon because the megapixel race won't stop, and sensor
elements much smaller than the ones used today are quite pointless (as
far as I understand - not due to the
The size of the lens mount factors into the equation. The large sensor
works on the 645 because it has a large lens mount. Ditto the Canon.
Paul
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:17 AM, Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame
(35mm) sensor, if
David Sládek wrote on 01.06.05 12:33:
http://81.92.66.63/index.asp?url=http://81.92.66.63/default.asp?cat_id=491
here is the correct link... DNS servers seem not to work
Thanks David for IP :-)
For me it seems to be just silver version of *istDs and nothing more...
--
Balance is the ultimate
I meant to say, And as the sensor technology improves, full frame will
probably become less important.
On Jun 1, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
However, APS offerings continue to proliferate. Which probably
indicates which way the DSLR market is going to go.
Full frame sensors aren't
Well, it is downgraded with the AF points at least... It is a budget model
and its price should beat both Cannon 350 and Nikon D50...
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
David Sládek wrote on 01.06.05 12:33:
http://81.92.66.63/index.asp?url=http://81.92.66.63/default.asp?cat_id=491
here is the correct link... DNS servers seem not to work
Thanks David for IP :-)
For me it seems to be just silver version of
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Paul Stenquist wrote:
The size of the lens mount factors into the equation. The large sensor
works on the 645 because it has a large lens mount. Ditto the Canon.
So, is a FF sensor bigger in actual dimensions than film? Why the
difference?
Kostas (depth, that brings it
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
I don't think the s had pentamirror, but I may be wrong.
The DS has a pentaprism. However, according to the technical specs
linked from that webpage*, so does the *istDL...
S
*assuming my attempts to interpret Swedish don't mislead me - I'm
assuming prism
David Sládek wrote on 01.06.05 12:52:
Well, it is downgraded with the AF points at least...
Is there anything in this text about AF system? Sorry, I don't understand
Swedish so I couldn't find this info :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 12:56:
I don't think the s had pentamirror, but I may be wrong.
Does pentaprismasökare mean pentamirror? Who speaks Swedish here?
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
It means penta prism viewfinder.
Paul Eriksson
-Ursprungligt meddelande-
Från: Sylwester Pietrzyk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skickat: den 1 juni 2005 13:15
Till: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Ämne: Re: Pentax *ist-DL
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 12:56:
I don't think the s had
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 12:56:
I don't think the s had pentamirror, but I may be wrong.
Does pentaprismasökare mean pentamirror? Who speaks Swedish here?
I think that's what Henri (the OP) suggested. I think his surname is
Finnish
Eriksson Paulus wrote on 01.06.05 13:16:
It means penta prism viewfinder.
Thanks Paul!!! So aparrently this is not pentamirror as some suggested :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 13:19:
I think that's what Henri (the OP) suggested. I think his surname is
Finnish :-)
http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net/msg253937.html
I think Paul knows better as he comes from polypeptide.SE ;-)
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 12:57:43 PM, Kostas wrote:
KK On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Paul Stenquist wrote:
The size of the lens mount factors into the equation. The large sensor
works on the 645 because it has a large lens mount. Ditto the Canon.
KK So, is a FF sensor bigger in actual dimensions than
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does pentaprismasökare mean pentamirror? Who speaks Swedish here?
It means pentaprism viewfinder.
-tih
--
Don't ascribe to stupidity what can be adequately explained by ignorance.
Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote on 01.06.05 13:31:
It means pentaprism viewfinder.
Thanks Tom :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
And the price is... Regards, Bob S.
On 6/1/05, Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote on 01.06.05 13:31:
It means pentaprism viewfinder.
Thanks Tom :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Well, yes. I don´t speak Swedish either but as far as I follow the dpreview
talk the AF will have only three instead of 11 focusing points (not known in
what possition).
- Original Message -
From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June
I'll be unsubbing shortly and head for GFM. For those of you who are
coming, I look forward to seeing all of you.
Bill
The L looks like yet another attempt to compete for entry level customers
coming from digital compacts.
What's odd, though, is that there are no other pages at the Swedish Pentax site
pointing to this particular page. No press, no news, no product spec...
Looks like an info leak. :-)
Jostein
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Jostein wrote:
Looks like an info leak. :-)
I was looking for the 1 April date, but it was nowhere to be seen
:-)
Kostas
Yesterday I got back from my week in the UK. I spent most of my time in
London, but on Saturday, Nate and I went to Oxford to hang out with Cotty,
Alma, Godfrey and a couple of Godfrey's friends from the DPreview boards. It
was great to finally meet Cotty - he's a gentle giant! :) Alma was very
I had an interesting week shooting in London. My kit performed as expected
and I didn't miss my macro, but I think my needs for travel in a city are
different than those in the country. In a nutshell, I think I need something
like an 18-75 or slightly greater zoom, and I wouldn't mind getting a
Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 11:57:
Hmmm... I've been thinking that camera producers are bound to increase
the sensor size soon because the megapixel race won't stop, and sensor
elements much smaller than the ones used today are quite pointless (as
far as I understand - not due to the
Hi!
Sylwek, I think the main issue here is like this. Imagine for a
moment, just for sake of this discussion, that Pentax or Minolta are
considering investing into development of FF DSLR, but still on the
marketing level. Now they read the news. What would they say - these
guys at Kodak are not
Amita, will 24-90 do?
And it would not have to be digital only lens... What about 24-135
offerings by Tamron et al?
--
Boris
Is Mr Robb being silly again? ;-)
--
Boris
David Sládek wrote:
Well, yes. I don´t speak Swedish either but as far as I follow the
dpreview talk the AF will have only three instead of 11 focusing
points (not known in what possition).
From the technical specs:*
Autofokus* TTL (SAFOX VIII) kontrastavkännande autofokus med 3-punkter
Looks like web preparation in advance of a new product announcement got indexed
though it is not directly linked to.
Shame on the web admin!
Sincerely,
Collin
Sent via the WebMail system at mail.safe-t.net
Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 14:16:
Meaning 3 point or spot autofocus...
So it seems Pentax was left with a stock of used in MZ-5N/6 Safox IV
circuits...
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
While I was in London this past week, I tried to do some street portraits,
but I wasn't very successful. I think part of the problem was that my zoom
was too obvious when extended to 75mm. Also, 75mm didn't reach quite far
enough. Nate got some good candids with his Canon 85mm prime. The barrel
I have had difficulty keeping up with the list, what with my being away
for the weekend. I will respond to some, but of course it will be late.
I will unsubscribe later today since I hope to be headed to Grandfather
Mountain in time to find its gate open tomorrow.
I still do not know if I
Boris Liberman wrote on 01.06.05 14:12:
Sylwek, I think the main issue here is like this. Imagine for a
moment, just for sake of this discussion, that Pentax or Minolta are
considering investing into development of FF DSLR, but still on the
marketing level. Now they read the news. What would
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Boris Liberman wrote:
Sylwek, I think the main issue here is like this. Imagine for a
moment, just for sake of this discussion, that Pentax or Minolta are
Or Nikon :-)
considering investing into development of FF DSLR, but still on the
marketing level. Now they read the
When I want to travel light, I carry the Pentax DA 16-45/5 (a great
lens) and the Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (a very good lens).
Paul
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:14 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Amita, will 24-90 do?
And it would not have to be digital only lens... What about 24-135
offerings by Tamron et
Can't say about PanoraMaker in this regard, as I've never stitched with
anything wider than about 28mm.
Kenneth Waller
-Original Message-
From: Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: May 31, 2005 9:39 PM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO:first impressions from Mt. Pilatus
all
I've always used either a 40mm or 50mm.
But then, this is not my field.
If you want something a little long and modestly priced
take a look at the M or A 100/2.8 offerings.
The M is just a little over $100, and not too much more
for the A100/2.8
Sincerely,
Collin
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote on 01.06.05 13:19:
I think that's what Henri (the OP) suggested. I think his surname is
Finnish :-)
http://www.mail-archive.com/pentax-discuss@pdml.net/msg253937.html
I think Paul knows better as he comes from polypeptide.SE ;-)
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Amita Guha wrote:
I don't really feel like springing for the FA 85mm (and it's backordered
anyway). Can anyone suggest an alternative lens or focal length or whatever?
SMC Pentax-M 85/2. We are talking small and light here.
On the zoom front, have you considered the cheapo
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Boris Liberman wrote on 01.06.05 14:12:
Sylwek, I think the main issue here is like this. Imagine for a
moment, just for sake of this discussion, that Pentax or Minolta are
considering investing into development of FF DSLR, but still on the
marketing level. Now
Toralf Lund wrote on 01.06.05 14:33:
Or maybe the Nikon would still have sold more than the Kodak even if
they had swapped sensors? Differently put, don't you think the Nikon
sold more than the Kodak just because the Nikon is a Nikon and the Kodak
is, well, not a Nikon, or a Canon, or even a
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Toralf Lund wrote:
Or maybe the Nikon would still have sold more than the Kodak even if
they had swapped sensors? Differently put, don't you think the Nikon
sold more than the Kodak just because the Nikon is a Nikon and the Kodak
is, well, not a Nikon, or a Canon, or even
Steve Jolly wrote:
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
I don't think the s had pentamirror, but I may be wrong.
The DS has a pentaprism. However, according to the technical specs
linked from that webpage*, so does the *istDL...
S
*assuming my attempts to interpret Swedish don't mislead me -
Eriksson Paulus wrote on 01.06.05 13:16:
It means penta prism viewfinder.
Thanks Paul!!! So aparrently this is not pentamirror as some
suggested :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Excepet that in the 'Tekniska Specifikationer' it states:
Prisma med pentaspeglar med
Michael Bergstrom wrote:
Eriksson Paulus wrote on 01.06.05 13:16:
It means penta prism viewfinder.
Thanks Paul!!! So aparrently this is not pentamirror as some
suggested :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Excepet that in the 'Tekniska
Amita,
I generally use my 35 mm and 50 mm lenses for such kind of shooting.
Still, I may suggest Tamron 90/2.5 (the old one) that is both very
nice and very small, compared say to Pentax FA 100/2.8. It is however
a bit heavy, but still lighter than FA 100/2.8...
--
Boris
Hi!
You assume that the news were unexpected or inexplicable to them; I am
not sure about that. You see, these people are no little-Kostases[1]
with all talk and no walk asking for a FF solution yesterday or else.
They know how much what costs and how far they can go, and make their
I ended up with two PZ-1p bodies, thinking a backup would be smart,
but it reality the second one just won't get any use as I'm trying to
balance increasing digital use with a well-populated stable of
beautiful film bodies stretching back to the pre-Spotmatic era.
This was a PZ-1p I picked up
I noticed a billboard just outside of Perth (Ontario) when I was
driving by last weekend. Picture shows a hand picking up a DS, and
some comments about reasons to buy Pentax. I think it was the same as
in the full page add in this month's Photo Life. (I don't have it
here at work, or I'd give
Michael Bergstrom wrote:
Eriksson Paulus wrote on 01.06.05 13:16:
It means penta prism viewfinder.
Thanks Paul!!! So aparrently this is not pentamirror as some
suggested :-)
--
Balance is the ultimate good...
Best Regards
Sylwek
Excepet that in the 'Tekniska Specifikationer' it states:
Prisma
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Rob Studdert wrote:
More FF market share for Canon and hopefully price drops along the way or
Price drops in a monopoly? How and why?
Kostas
Amita, will 24-90 do?
I'm not sure it would be wide enough. I like to shoot architecture.
And it would not have to be digital only lens... What about
24-135 offerings by Tamron et al?
That would be great, but I need a wider angle of view. My Tam 28-75 was
perfect in most situations, but I
I've picked up a small digital point-and-shoot (not Pentax), and it
takes AA batteries. The manual mentions using alkalines and
recommends NiMH rechargeable AA batteries, but says not a word about
using lithium AA batteries. This is a fairly current camera (2004,
discontinued this year). Is
For sale: A lovely Super Program that has seen light use and is a joy
to use. EX condition. Front finger grip, body cap, strap and original
Pentax manual included. Also FS: an EX+ condition Motor Drive A.
Remote cap is present, all is excellent and working fine. Original
Pentax manual
Dag wrote:
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Kodak kills DSLR
Why not try to be optimistic: They may have decided to drop the Nikon og
Canon based full frame cameras in order to
William wrote:
The Nikon rep estimated that something like 5%
of F3 cameras were in the hands of pro photographers, the rest were owned by
well heeled amateurs.
I've heard the same number for the F5. However, the Pentax distributor here in
Norway says that 50% of Pentax MF are sold to
Paul wrote:
There's a world of price differentiation between and F3 and the 645D.
Yeah, hobbyists will use a 645 system that they purchased for a grand
or so. But will they come up with close to 10K for a digital body? Some
say it will be much more. I doubt it. If there's no pro market
Cornelius wrote:
?
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full frame (35mm)
sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF digitals surely one of
these sensors could be used, even if it has to be masked?
Cost and problem with performance at the corners due to
Bruce wrote:
Bill, that is shocking! I used to use 67II's and did NOT think they
were light or small. At least it had a big negative. That Canon is
one BIG camera for having a sensor of that size.
Yes...and it makes the Pentax 645 system look small...
Pål
Jostein wrote:
I think you're right. Now that the MedF systems are entering the market with
cameras more suited for work outside studios, chances are they will put the FF
high-pixel cameras in a squeeze.
Thats what I think too. If the price rumors are correct it will cost less than
a full
Jostein wrote:
I think the most likely conspiracy theory is that Pentax Japan is holding
their cards to tightly to their chest as usual. Pentax UK sounds like they
don't know what's coming, so they choose to focus on the past.
Pentax Japan is extremely inept at making use of buzz for
Herb wrote:
66K DSLRs is 2/3 of what Kodak sold last year and Kodak is pulling the plug
on their DSLRs. Kodak's DSLRs were a lot more expensive than any Pentax one
and they still outsold Pentax. since the Pentax DSLRs are low end models,
Pentax isn't making much money on them.
Sure. The
Amita,
My wife and I sometimes use the Pentax 1.7x AF converter with a 50mm 1.4 M
lens. A little slow, but pretty small, relatively fast AF, and uses what we
have without buying an 85mm.
Steve
street shooting lens
Amita Guha
Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:25:41 -0700
While I was in London this
On 1 Jun 2005 at 14:10, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Rob Studdert wrote:
More FF market share for Canon and hopefully price drops along the way or
Price drops in a monopoly? How and why?
Just my intuition.
Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
I don't think the size of the lens mount matters at all, it's
the size of the len's image circle that matters with regards
to sensor size, not the diameter of the lens mount.
jco
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From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ha, so you might think. Never underestimate the genus of cost cutting...
Anthony Farr wrote:
All 645 lenses are A series or higher. IOW there's no old lenses without
electronic feedback that can be crippled.
regards,
Anthony Farr
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