Re: a camera I wish Pentax made...

2005-09-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 24, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Here's a fairly extensive preview of the GR Digital: http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/review/ricoh/gr/ digital_camera_EN1.html I thought you had no brand affection :-) Just because I don't have any brand loyalty doesn't mean that I

Re: a camera I wish Pentax made...

2005-09-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
- Based on the test images I've seen, it will have no trouble living up to the image quality of the GR1. - Based on the sensor size, I expect it will produce noisy results at ISO 200 and above, yes. With an f/2.6 lens and the small sensor, I'd just lock it to ISO 100 and leave it there

Re: Yet Another PK-Mount 85/1.4 (Man, I wish!)

2002-03-06 Thread Fred
I'd love to get a Kmt version. And I'd love to get this new(?) 85/1.4 if indeed it is kmt They are M42, manual diaphram, right? No, Christopher, the Zenitar 85/1.4 is a true K-mount lens. It not only has a permanent K-mount flange (and not just an M42-to-K-mount adapter), it also has the

Re: Lens I wish Pentax made: an FA 85mm F2

2002-01-24 Thread Fred
That's right, an FA 85mm F2 lens in black, Without LTD written on the barrel. That way it would cost around $350 US like the N or C 85mm F1.8 lenses do. I bet it would be a hot seller. Yes, it would be a hot seller indeed. I know the thread is about Lens I wish Pentax made

Re: Lens I wish Pentax made: an FA 85mm F2

2002-01-24 Thread Brendan
I'd so get one of these --- Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's right, an FA 85mm F2 lens in black, Without LTD written on the barrel. That way it would cost around $350 US like the N or C 85mm F1.8 lenses do. I bet it would be a hot seller.

Pentax patents I wish they'd productize!

2001-12-13 Thread Mark Erickson
All, I haven't looked at Pentax patents for awhile, so I did a search at the U.S. Patent Office website. I found these extremely cool Pentax Patents: 6311022 Film-Back Exchangeable Camera Maybe a new version of their 645, but with exchangeable backs? Cool 6318912 Adapter

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