Re: Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-10-01 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 5:50 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have forgotten it. >> >> Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said the *FIRST* FF >> DS

Re: Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-10-01 Thread Adam Maas
It was cost, Phillips jacked the cost up on the sensor seriously while not delivering on IQ claims at anything other than base ISO. So a poor quality at high cost sensor killed the MZ-D as well as the Contax N Digital (along with Contax itself). -Adam On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM, John Sessoms

Re: Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-10-01 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:47 PM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have forgotten it. > > Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said the *FIRST* FF > DSLR was Pentax's MZ-D 6MP prototype shown at Photokina and PMA in 2001. > > First

Re: Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
Yup. Read that a few places. The Contax N bombed because of image quality problems. If only... Rick --- On Mon, 9/29/08, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have > forgotten it. > > Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said > t

Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have forgotten it. Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said the *FIRST* FF DSLR was Pentax's MZ-D 6MP prototype shown at Photokina and PMA in 2001. First PRODUCTION FF DSLR was the Contax N Digital, using the same Phillips CCD image