Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Nicer viewfinder and more conductive to manual focussing! > Half-stops for shutter speed, too... The MZ-S got that as well... Pål< twice the price of ZX-5n though. i was looking for a camera body in the $500 street price range. there is too

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, gfen wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > > Yes. Wow, I've fatfingered two responses in a row.. Perhaps I _shouldn't_ be working today.. I knew it was a mistake to be up at 4am entertaining guests... (yawn) -- http://www.infotainment.org <->

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > > Nicer viewfinder and more conductive to manual focussing! > > Half-stops for shutter speed, too... > The MZ-S got that as well... Perhaps I owe it to myself to checck an MZ-S next time I'm at B&H... -- http://www.infotainment.org <->

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > Yes. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com<-> photography and portfolio.

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, gfen wrote: > I've never held or seen an MZ-S in the flesh, does it have the same > general layout, that is a real dial on the top to do shutter speeds Control-C aborts, Control-X sends.. they're next to each other, and evidently, I misse dthe right one. Anyways, when I'm les

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 5:44 PM Subject: Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Herb Chong wrote: > (on the ZX-5n) > >

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread Pål Jensen
- Original Message - From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've never held or seen an MZ-S in the flesh, does it have the same > general layout, that is a real dial on the top to do shutter speeds Yes.

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Herb Chong wrote: (on the ZX-5n) > two features i am missing that i would like to see, mirror lockup and P-TTL > flash support. Nicer viewfinder and more conductive to manual focussing! Half-stops for shutter speed, too... -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread gfen
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, [iso-8859-1] Pål Jensen wrote: > The question is whether or not the MZ-5n/3 has played out it's role. > There's not much you can do with the MZ-5n/3 and still keep it simple. > You can of course update the AF but you cannot have several AF points > without redesigning or compli

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread Herb Chong
Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >The question is whether or not the MZ-5n/3 has played out it's role. There's not much you can do with the MZ-5n/3 and still keep it simple. You can of course update the AF but you cannot have several AF points without redesigning or complicate the

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-13 Thread Pål Jensen
Brad wrote: > That's all quite interesting. Will have to see what Pentax does with it. > The MZ-5n is/was a fine camera, got one myself. If they are keeping the MZ > line to some degree, perhaps some added features but keep that classy > looking MZ-5n style? Keep it affordable. The question

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-12 Thread Pentax Guy
perhaps it better to have no display than a very crappy one that doesn't do Pentax any justice. Whoa, a bit side-tracked, Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: "Artur Ledóchowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:38 A

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-12 Thread Artur Ledóchowski
Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Who decides these things, btw? Is this something the >manufacturer sets up or what? These things are decided by the market or to be more precise - by two factors: first - something known as the public opinion, second - by the mass media (mostly the photo

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoth Dan Scott: > Now I'll have to go look at other camera co.s to see what my ZX-5n is a > rival to. Who decides these things, btw? Is this something the > manufacturer sets up or what? It's In A Class By Itself, of course.

Re: Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-12 Thread akozak
You are right. Many users wait for sth succesor of MZ3. Are you Polish? Alek from Cracow Użytkownik Artur Ledóchowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał: >- Original Message - >From: "Pĺl Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK C

RE: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-11 Thread Rob Brigham
[mailto:djm@;stanleypmlaw.com] > Sent: 11 November 2002 16:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan > > > Before we get our hopes up again, let's remember that we had > a "confirmed" plan to release a DSLR l

Re: AP (16/11) - Pentax UK Confirms digital SLR launch plan

2002-11-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Before we get our hopes up again, let's remember that we had a "confirmed" plan to release a DSLR last year, which never escaped from the vapor. zoomshot wrote: > Straight from this weeks Amateur Photographer 'THISWEEK' section; > > PENTAX UK HAS CONFIRMED plans for the launch of a new flagship d