RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-14 Thread tom
> -Original Message- > From: Brad Dobo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > And come on guys, you want Pentax to know what you think? > Write a letter > addressed to their main headquarters. Write a lot, > everyone write one, > start a petition list. Don't believe that Pentax spies > watch t

RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-14 Thread tom
Sorry, responded to the wrong email tv > -Original Message- > From: Brad Dobo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth > actually reading! > > > T

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
Well put! Brad Dobo - Original Message - From: "Shaun Canning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:58 AM Subject: RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! > Brad, > > Canadians, like Austral

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
lling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 12:54 AM Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! > I was just wondering if Pentax had a new product what by the way is a monut, > something like a donut? > &

RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
Historical Studies >La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic, 3086. > >Phone: 0414-967644 >e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-Original Message- >From: Peter Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 2:55 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Digital

RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Shaun Canning
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! I was just wondering if Pentax had a new product what by the way is a monut, something like a donut? At 12:43 AM 10/14/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Hey Pe

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
rrectly >btw? I just scanned it over and didn't see anything jump out at me. >Remember, we Canucks have a different version of English than Americans. > >Brad Dobo >- Original Message - >From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PRO

RE: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Shaun Canning
EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Brad Dobo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 2:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! Hey Peter, Heh...well, speeling isn't my strongest area. I tend to find in

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Brad Dobo
riginal Message - From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:51 PM Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! > I think I should apologize to Aaron for damaging the Brotherhood Ninjas &g

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
gone to Nikon Protection Services >Bureau to seek aid in providing me with a new identity. > >Brad Dobo >- Original Message - >From: "Pentax Research and Destroy Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 4

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:51 AM >Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading! > > > > Actually Pentax probably does watch this list, after all at one time they > > did sponsor it. It's an interesting way to ge

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
> I don't have a webpage but I can send you some pictures tomorrow. How > big may the files be? Best quality is ca. 1.8MB. Any size you like, I have DSL and a big mailbox, not sure if there is a max message size... just looking at my inbox and theres a 6.5 meg attachment on one of them. so should

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Tim S Kemp
Couldn't think what to snip, so I cut the lot. Any internet discussion group is full of enthusiasts about the topic, I like driving, all the guys on the driving groups are amazingly into driving, and yes, sometimes they have wish lists too! I have an MZ50, it's my first Pentax, my last decent 35

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
As to advertising, Hell back in the 60's 70's and early 80's pentax owned a very large share of the SLR market. Even then marketing and support hoovered as compared to other manufactures, in the US at least. At 10:10 AM 10/13/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Peter Alling wrote: > > > My prediction, Pent

Re: Digital! I got digital! Long but worth actually reading!

2002-10-13 Thread Peter Alling
"Tim S Kemp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 3:58 AM >Subject: Re: Digital! I got digital! > > > > > And back to my first sentence, is there any way we can kill off the DSLR > > > thread? since Pentax doesn&#

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
Rubenstein, Bruce M > DSLRs have been around for years. It is naive to think that DSLRs > are in their first generation. Thinking that Pentax will start > selling an up to date DSLR, when they've sold nothing more than > simple P&S digital cameras, is pure fantasy. Pentax has passed on > high end

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
DSLRs have been around for years. It is naive to think that DSLRs are in their first generation. Thinking that Pentax will start selling an up to date DSLR, when they've sold nothing more than simple P&S digital cameras, is pure fantasy. Pentax has passed on high end digital. BR > -Origin

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Heiko Hamann wrote: >generation phase. In five years or so we will have the optimal chip size >and resolution - maybe 50MP full frame - an we will look back on all the > > > 50MP would be an interesting number. I'm guessing this would be about a 5 micron pixel size- which may be just a b

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Rubenstein, Bruce M (Bruce)
>From elsewhere, "BTW, the chip for the Kodak DCS 14n is made by Fillfactory, the same company which makes the CMOS for Leaf's C-MOST back. You can learn about this company's chip technology at their web site: http://www.fillfactory.com/index2.htm Kodak has a 24 X 36 CCD chip of their own, but

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Heiko Hamann wrote: >Hi Anthony, > >on 11 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: > > > >Canon's strategy might be also quite risky: they must have invested a >lot of money into research and development but I can't imagine that a >11MP Canon 1Ds can compete with a 14MP Kodak that cost only a half.

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Tim, on 10 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >Where did you order it from? I ordered one from Pixmania last week but >they told me they've been recalled and will be re-released later in the >month due to a problem with the USB interface - I hope they do, I'll be It has arrived today! It came

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Anthony, on 11 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >The unfortunate situation (for Pentax and her fans) is that C*n*n is a >big-time manufacturer of electronic imaging systems and not just for >photographic applications. It's office products division is BIG, by >comparison the resources that it

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 11 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >When considering digital, I wanted the right hardware at the earliest >opportunity. The D30 was not in that category for me. The D60 or D100 >was. Higher resolution for one. For another, it's a couple of generations >down the line. Yes, D60 and

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 11 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >>>You dear sweet thing, Heiko. Bless you. >>:-)) But only to keep the facts clear: I'm a 1.92m tall Teutonic >>fellow. I don't know the British standard specifications for a sweet >>thing...;-) >ROTFL. Me too. :-) >Ahem, what was I thinking? M

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Cotty
>BTW - if Pentax would release a DSLR in the next e.g. 12 months - would >you change back to Pentax? I assume that it would have similar features >as the D60 and a higher resolution. Let us also assume, that this >wouldn't be a financial disaster...;-) Now this is the 64 million dollar ques

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-11 Thread Cotty
>>You dear sweet thing, Heiko. Bless you. > >:-)) But only to keep the facts clear: I'm a 1.92m tall Teutonic fellow. >I don't know the British standard specifications for a sweet thing...;-) OOPS. ROTFL. Ahem, what was I thinking? My S.O. has a German friend and I think she's called Heike or

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Cotty, on 10 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >>today I did something crazy. Inspired by the whole DSLR threads and >>especially Cotty's digital adventure (that I'm following in his digital >>diary - keep on writing, Cotty!), I have ordered a digital camera. >You dear sweet thing, Heiko. Ble

RE: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Malcolm Smith
gfen wrote: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Cotty wrote: > > I'm in bed with Darth Bloody Vader. > > Watch out for the light sabre... "Comparison with digital and film will you do..much will you evaluatefilm is not of the dark side..." Malcolm

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread gfen
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Cotty wrote: > I'm in bed with Darth Bloody Vader. Watch out for the light sabre... -- http://www.eighteenpercent.com - http://www.infotainment.org photography - being no part of it

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Cotty
>today I did something crazy. Inspired by the whole DSLR threads and >especially Cotty's digital adventure (that I'm following in his digital >diary - keep on writing, Cotty!), I have ordered a digital camera. You dear sweet thing, Heiko. Bless you. And you even did one better than me - you

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Tim S Kemp
> I'm quite sure that the GS appears soon. It has a good price and might > be a real cash cow for Pentax in the christmas business. I don't remeber > the S30 prices, but wouldn't a 330RS or even a 430RS an alternative? > They provide many manual functions. Only downside of the 330RS is that for s

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Heiko Hamann
Hi Tim, on 10 Oct 02 you wrote in pentax.list: >> I hope that the Optio will arrive tomorrow or on Saturday... >Where did you order it from? I ordered one from Pixmania last week but they I'm living in Germany and ordered it from Foto Koch (www.fotokoch.de). I've ordered it 5 or 6 hours ago

Re: Digital! I got digital!

2002-10-10 Thread Tim S Kemp
> So I declare myself as hero of the day for choosing > a Pentax digicam instad of one of its competitors:-) Maybe there's > really something like loyality, at least in situations like these where > an objective decision between nearly identical products from different > manufacturers is impossibl