Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Frantisek wrote on 16.03.05 0:52: I wonder about the extra large sensor and only 18.6 MP. It could mean the noise would be well controled, perhaps quite better than the 22MP backs so far. Let's hope it will be better than Kodak's CMOS sensor used in DCS-14x models. It wasn't too good

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-16 Thread Frantisek
share Rob's scepticism. Although, I am not a sceptic. I just laughed at all the threads on dpreview about D2X vs 1DSII. SP Both are great cameras. I wish Pentax could produce *istD succesor with SP 12MPix sensor as used in D2X. And AF performance at level of D2X would be SP nice too ;-) I meant

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Frantisek wrote on 16.03.05 12:20: I meant I laughed at the constant quarrels between people there on DPREVIEW... Oh yes, that's true. Neverending, pointless quarrels. Just like a small children, who often like to quarrel with friends who has the best toy :-) If the price you mention is near

18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Larry Hodgson
Per The Luminous-Landscape.com, Pentax has just announced an 18.6 Megapixel 645 Digital Camera ! Larry in Prescott http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Steve Desjardins
Well, that answers that question. I'm assuming the sensor size is greater than 24 x 36 mm or they could have just used their 35 lenses. The bigger sensor should mean good noise characteristics. I wonder what the price on that puppy is gonna be. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/3/05, Larry Hodgson, discombobulated, unleashed: Per The Luminous-Landscape.com, Pentax has just announced an 18.6 Megapixel 645 Digital Camera ! Larry in Prescott http://www.luminous-landscape.com/new/index.shtml Well spotted Larry. Also here:

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Quasi Modo
Don't ruin the moment by thinking about price! Let's hope the chipset features don't let the sensor down. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:25:15 -0500, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, that answers that question. I'm assuming the sensor size is greater than 24 x 36 mm or they could

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Frantisek
Woo! Hoo! And it means Pal was right all along ;-) where is the flurry of activity? 1000 messages telling it won't sell it will sell et cetera? Speculations? I wonder about the extra large sensor and only 18.6 MP. It could mean the noise would be well controled, perhaps quite better than the

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Cotty
On 16/3/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed: where is the flurry of activity? 1000 messages telling it won't sell it will sell et cetera? Speculations? You're looking in the wrong thread Fra Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Mishka
the real question is: where is paal? mishka On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:57:08 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/3/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed: where is the flurry of activity? 1000 messages telling it won't sell it will sell et cetera? Speculations? You're looking in

RE: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Jens Bladt
://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Larry Hodgson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. marts 2005 00:10 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: 18.6 MP 645 announcement Per The Luminous-Landscape.com, Pentax has just announced an 18.6 Megapixel 645 Digital Camera ! Larry

RE: 18.6 MP 645 announcement

2005-03-15 Thread Jens Bladt
the same desteny as the MZ-D! Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. marts 2005 00:57 Til: pentax list Emne: Re: 18.6 MP 645 announcement On 16/3/05, Frantisek, discombobulated, unleashed