They have promised more lenses in the fall. This in their press release and
also circulating in the rumor mill. The press release says it is lenses
suited for the *istD something I think means wide angles. Some PDML member
heard at PMA that there are both a 16/2.8 and a 16-35/2.8 coming. They bo
Caveman:
They're not taken seriously there either. Otherwise we had heard of a third-party rush
to provide digital backs for the 645 or 67.
REPLY:
There have been "such a rush" even if you haven't heard about it. I know people who
have used a digital back for the 645N(II). The problem is that
Collin wrote:
Given how technology changes and how fabrication needs
would seem to require some consistency ...
I wonder how many of these were made all in one batch
with the expectation that they'd be sold over time.
Perhaps make 500 (in whole or parts awaiting later assembly)
knowing that the st
Arnold wrote:
I can't believe that Pentax will leave its 35mm system like that, especially with the
1.5x factor of the digital sensors. More extreme wide-angle lenses must eventually be
coming. hopefully WITH aperture ring, so that they are usable on older cameras,
too, and in * or Limited
Well, I think NPC makes digital backs, and polaroid backs for them.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: Pentax drop
"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 14 Jun 2003 at 9:32, Roland Mabo wrote:
>
>> >http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/k15f35ad.jpg
>>
>> Yes, but the market demand for the A 15 must have been dropped seriously
>> lately. From 37 lenses a year to, perhaps, 37 lenses in 5 years...
>
>I wonde
> Yes, but the market demand for the A 15 must have been dropped
> seriously lately. From 37 lenses a year to, perhaps, 37 lenses in
> 5 years...
Yes, could be. Perhaps the original "obvious answer [...] that we
can't afford to stop making it if we want to keep calling ourselves
a serious photogr
> I wonder what the copy-writers marketing brief would be today?
"How Can We Afford to Keep Making a Lens Only 3 or 4 Photographers
Will Buy This Year?" "The obvious answer is that we never really
could afford to make it, but now we no longer worry about calling
ourselves a serious photographic co
On June 14, 2003 08:02 am, collinb wrote:
> Given how technology changes and how fabrication needs
> would seem to require some consistency ...
> I wonder how many of these were made all in one batch
> with the expectation that they'd be sold over time.
> Perhaps make 500 (in whole or parts awaitin
Frantisek wrote:
I have just had this news from a Pentax dealer, that they have been
told the Shift and 15/3.5 lenses are dropped, perhaps with several
others of the manual focus lenses. Anyone else to confirm/deny?
REPLY:
No idea but it make sense. These lenses are either new old stock or
last 15 years.
Seems practical.
Collin
At 05:09 AM 6/14/03 -0400, you wrote:
From: "Roland Mabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Pentax dropping M Shift, A 15/3.5, ...
>Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 22:08:14 -0400
>2. "How
Fred wrote:
2. "How Can We Afford to Keep Making a Lens Only 37 Photographers
Will Buy This Year?" "The obvious answer is that we can't afford to
stop making it if we want to keep calling ourselves a serious
photographic company." -
http://www.cetussoft.com/pentax/k15f35ad.jpg
That was 1981. Now t
>> I have just had this news from a Pentax dealer, that they have
>> been told the Shift and 15/3.5 lenses are dropped, perhaps with
>> several others of the manual focus lenses. Anyone else to
>> confirm/deny?
1. Actually, the 28/3.5 Shift was not an M lens, but a K lens.
> I am not surprise
Dropping the 15f3.5 and the 28/f3.5 Shift after 30 years is no bad thing
(especially if one already has them:-). However, the question is, will
Pentax eventually present up-to-date successors? Or will there be no Shift
lens at all, and no lenses shorter than the 17-28 Fish-Eye Zoom and the new
Arnold Stark wrote:
> Or will there be no
Shift lens at all, and no lenses shorter than the 17-28 Fish-Eye Zoom
and the new FA-J 18-35?
Very plausible. Anyone serious enough as to consider a shift lens is
thinking medium format or larger and not 35mm.
> I can't believe that Pentax will leave its
Dropping the 15f3.5 and the 28/f3.5 Shift after 30 years is no bad thing
(especially if one already has them:-). However, the question is, will
Pentax eventually present up-to-date successors? Or will there be no
Shift lens at all, and no lenses shorter than the 17-28 Fish-Eye Zoom
and the new
I probably would have bought one (Shift) several years
ago if it had the tilt feature.
Kenneth Waller
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 06:13:18 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 13/06/03 03:18:01 GMT Daylight
Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << >I have just had this news from
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