Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-23 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
IMHO, yes. But that is just my opinion from handling both, I have never shot any film with either camera. --Tom Pål Jensen wrote: > > Tom wrote: > > >The MZ-S looks and feels more rugged than the > > LX, but it's what's inside that counts, and only time will tell. > > Is this to be taken li

Re: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread David S.
> So thats it then. A new selection of ultra compact zoom lenses to match the size os >the MZ-series cameras. I guess these are entry level zoom lenses. Probably more to >come along similar lines... > No pictures of it yet? > > Pål Makes sense. Pentax has been getting a lot of new patents f

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Pål Jensen
Tom wrote: >The MZ-S looks and feels more rugged than the > LX, but it's what's inside that counts, and only time will tell. Is this to be taken litterally; does it really look and feel more rugged than the LX? If so, then Its great news and of course explain the rather high price. Pål - Thi

RE: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread Peter Smith
CTED]' > Subject: RE: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come > new AF lenses...) > > > Try this, I found there was a slash where an underscore was > needed. Worked > my way back to /penta which had a link to news_2001 and there is was! > > www.mtu-

Re: Half OT: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
I am sorry that I answer my own post, but I feel I must point out what I mean. Jörgen Blomgren skrev: > > Lasse Karlsson skrev: [SNIP] > > Yes, but our everyday lives a r e in essence very subtle, aren't > > they? It's just that we (our senses) deal with this subtlety so > > smoothly that we

Re: Half OT: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Chris Brogden
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Jörgen Blomgren wrote: > BTW, what does elated mean ? Overjoyed, excited, very happy. :) chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http

RE: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread Rob Brigham
]] Sent: 22 February 2001 14:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...) Pal, this information will not come up . Is there another site address that could be used? DG At 01:53 PM 2/22/01 +0100, you wrote: >Dennis wr

Re: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread Steve Larson
rsday, February 22, 2001 6:42 AM Subject: Re: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...) > Pal, this information will not come up . Is there another site address > that could be used? > > DG > > > At 01:53 PM 2/22/01 +0100, you wrote: >

Re: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread dick graham
Pal, this information will not come up . Is there another site address that could be used? DG At 01:53 PM 2/22/01 +0100, you wrote: >Dennis wrote: > > > > > Sorry for delay, this material was published yesterday: > > Pentax present new 28-105/3.2-4.5 lens > > www.mtu-net.ru/penta/news/2001/pe

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 21 Feb 2001, at 20:03, Alan Chan wrote: > >Anyway, I'm not totally convinced yet; its basically the same as implied > >with the other press releases we have seen lately. It might be a > >translation artifact; it might simply refer to the 24-90 and the FA* 200 > >Macro. > >Anyway, if theres

RE: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-22 Thread Erwin Vereecken
>From: Dennis Klimovich > >Sorry for delay, this material was published yesterday: >>Pentax present new 28-105/3.2-4.5 lens >www.mtu-net.ru/penta/news/2001/pentax_lens35_28_105_eng.shtml > >Den Thanks Den, nice scoop. any pictures yet? So new "lenseS" seems to be true, now only that LX build qua

RE: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread Rob Brigham
Is it made by Pentax? Do Tamron not do a 28-105 which may be being rebadged here? Rob Brigham -Original Message- From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 February 2001 12:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF

Pentax FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 (WAS: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...)

2001-02-22 Thread Pål Jensen
Dennis wrote: > Sorry for delay, this material was published yesterday: > Pentax present new 28-105/3.2-4.5 lens > www.mtu-net.ru/penta/news/2001/pentax_lens35_28_105_eng.shtm > l So thats it then. A new selection of ultra compact zoom lenses to match the size os the MZ-series cameras. I gue

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread george de fockert
From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> How many of the other brands (you know the names :-) >> have sealed bodies ? > > >F5 and EOS-1v > >BTW Pentax was first with a body selaed against the lements (LX; of course excluding underwater cameras) Hm, what about the NIKONOS ? much earlier, much b

Half OT: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Lasse Karlsson
For whatever it's worth, I'll throw in my comments regarding the interpretation of the phrase in Swedish at the Pentax Scandinavia website: "tålig konstruktion likt LX" ("durable construction like/as/similar to the LX"). Pål wrote: >Jørgen wrote: >> Sorry to say, but *I* am swedish, so my swedi

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Mike Johnston
Pal wrote: > Hmmm. Since Norwegian and Swedish are basically the same language, although > there might be some subtle differences, I'm certain(?) that "likt" in this > context means same or identical. If "similar" (but not the same) was > intended, shouldn't they rephrased it and used the word

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Alan Chan
>Anyway, I'm not totally convinced yet; its basically the same as implied >with the other press releases we have seen lately. It might be a >translation artifact; it might simply refer to the 24-90 and the FA* 200 >Macro. >Anyway, if theres a new series of lenses, Pentax may show them at the Ja

RE: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Dennis Klimovich
Sorry for delay, this material was published yesterday: Pentax present new 28-105/3.2-4.5 lens www.mtu-net.ru/penta/news/2001/pentax_lens35_28_105_eng.shtm l Den - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Jörgen Blomgren
Pål Jensen skrev: > > Jørgen wrote: > > > And they say "tålig konstruktion likt LX" which means: > > "durable construction like LX" (the translation could > > almost be guessed ?), which would mean not as durable > > as LX, only something similar ? > > According to my swedish (wich of course is

Re[2]: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Takehiko Ueda
Hi Paal and all, Paal wrote: > Anyway, if theres a new series of lenses, Pentax may > show them at the Japan camera show in March (April?). > > Paal Japan Camera Show will be held in March in Tokyo and in April in Osaka. I'm planning to visit the show in Osaka, and I'll post what I find there

Re[2]: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Dan Scott
Take wrote: >In Japan, Pentax does not still make an announcement >regarding MZ-S; all they have made is black MZ-7 and MZ-5n. >Maybe, they are planning to announce MZ-S in the Camera >Show. > >Sincerely, > > >Take Ueda, Osaka, Japan >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://members.

Re[3]: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Takehiko Ueda
> Probably means the Home market gets the Titanium, > waterproof body with 1/12000 shutter speed, 1/3 ev stops, > 6 fps, and built-in MP3 player, w/ whipped cream and a > cherry on top. ;-) > > Dan Scott > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to pack it with FA31 Ltd!! That's the "MZ-S Super Limited

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Bojidar Dimitrov
Recently Roland Mabo wrote: > > Pentax Scandinavia has finally added some pictures and information on their website, >about the MZ-S and the other new stuff from the PMA show. > > In their text about the MZ-S they write: > "A range of new lenses will be released shortly"... Pentax Germany say

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Roland wrote: > In their text about the MZ-S they write: > "A range of new lenses will be released shortly"... They do say "En rad nya objektiv kommer att presenteras inom kort... " which basically means that there are many lenses coming. It might indicate a new series of lenses. Anyway, I'm

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Pål Jensen
Bojidar wrote: > Pentax Germany says that there will be new lenses that take full advantage > of the MZ-S. The 24-90 does not qualify as _lenses_, so I am waiting for > more. Also, it is not clear what capabilities the MZ-S has exactly that > these new _lenses_ should match. Could this be the

Re: Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 17:56:50 +0100, P†l Jensen wrote: > >Could this be the FA*II lenses? >What could these capabilities be apart from IS and/or USM? What more do you need? :-) Regards, JvW - Jan van Wijk; www.fsys.demon.nl - This mess

Pentax says there will come new AF lenses...

2001-02-21 Thread Roland Mabo
Pentax Scandinavia has finally added some pictures and information on their website, about the MZ-S and the other new stuff from the PMA show. In their text about the MZ-S they write: "A range of new lenses will be released shortly"... Aha! So the new FA 24-90 f/3.5-4.5 AL (IF) was a teaser, m