RE: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-08 Thread Tanya Love
Bill Robb wrote: "A guy I vaguely know who lives a couple of hours from here has been quietly buying 645 lenses for fairly cheap ever since the P645D was announced. He's fairly excited about this camera." That makes two of us! I've been stalking 645 lenses "on the quiet" for a few months now mys

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-06 Thread William Robb
-- From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday! Very odd. It's as though they don't really want to sell the camera. Perhaps production capability is minimal. If it's not distributed >

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-06 Thread Tim Øsleby
The current Norwegian distributor are generally silent about Pentax. Their website shows the camera bodies, but absolutely nothing online about lenses. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/6/6 paul stenquist : > > On Jun 6, 2010, at 4:20 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > >> 2010/6/6 paul ste

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-06 Thread paul stenquist
On Jun 6, 2010, at 4:20 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > 2010/6/6 paul stenquist : >> I expect Pentax might delay US release until the bugs are worked out, but >> there's no way they'll ignore the market. Doesn't make sense in any way. > > IIRC, Ned Bunnell told The Online Photographer that they were stil

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/6/6 paul stenquist : > I expect Pentax might delay US release until the bugs are worked out, but > there's no way they'll ignore the market. Doesn't make sense in any way. IIRC, Ned Bunnell told The Online Photographer that they were still considering the import. Another thing that wouldn't

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread paul stenquist
On Jun 5, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 05/06/2010, paul stenquist wrote: > >> Sounds like your Pentax Australia guys have been doing drugs. The US is a >> solid pro market, and I suspect that quite a few 645Ds will be sold here. >> Paul >>> and Aussie Pentax has a "very good rela

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 05/06/2010, paul stenquist wrote: > Sounds like your Pentax Australia guys have been doing drugs. The US is a > solid pro market, and I suspect that quite a few 645Ds will be sold here. > Paul > > and Aussie Pentax has a "very good relationship" with Japan Pentax. Can > > anyone else back u

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread mike wilson
paul stenquist wrote: On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:20 PM, wrote: And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the connection keeps dropping out, so will post it up when I return home in a couple of days. I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released h

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread mike wilson
tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the connection keeps dropping out, so will post it up when I return home in a couple of days. I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released here (Australia) in August. The sta

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread Paul Ewins
I had a quick look at it today too although I didn't do much more than pick it up and hold it up to my eye. Too much temptation otherwise. One guy told me 14 to 16k (AUD naturally) while the other said 15k but it does include the 55mm lens. I think CRK are currently trying to work how to attach

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-05 Thread Northeast Media
Is that a body only price or does it include the new lens ? - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:20 AM Subject: I got to play with a 645D yesterday! And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the connection keeps dropping

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 6/4/2010 9:20 PM, tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the connection keeps dropping out, so will post it up when I return home in a couple of days. I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released here (Australia

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:02 -0400, "paul stenquist" wrote: > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:20 PM, > wrote: > > I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released here > > (Australia) in August. The staff of Pentax Australia (CR Kennedy) are > > insisting that it will NOT be released in the

Re: I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-04 Thread paul stenquist
On Jun 4, 2010, at 9:20 PM, wrote: > And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the > connection keeps dropping out, so will post it up when I return home in a > couple of days. > > I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released here (Australia)

I got to play with a 645D yesterday!

2010-06-04 Thread tanyalove
And I have photos to prove it! Using hotel internet right now though and the connection keeps dropping out, so will post it up when I return home in a couple of days. I wonder if any of you knew this? The 645D will be released here (Australia) in August. The staff of Pentax Australia (CR Ken