RE: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-05 Thread Jostein Oksne
My dream as a 645 owner would be a digital film insert with the 6 Mpix chip. If using the same lenses, why change the tool? With the 6 Mpix chip it will give the same situation as the Nikon/Canon users have today, with a chip smaller than the film format. Except that it will be easier to convert

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-04 Thread MZ3_fella _
>From what I've gathered, the project has not stopped - just gone into shock at the realization of what the actual retail price might be. Ever since Photokina the figure $7,000 has been tossed around. As far as I can tell, Pentax has NEVER officially announced this price - it seems that it was

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-04 Thread Pentax Clover
Hello it seems to be true, as far as the Phillips CCD is very slow to refresh itself, expensive regard to small size 6Meg. Well I hope MZ Digital will existe as soon as possible even with a smaller CCD, because it will mean that Pentax has to devellop a 17-35mm f/:2.8 zoom See you [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-03 Thread Hernán Mouro
> I believe the main purpose of a digital slr at this state is to signalize that the >K-mount will be taken over into the digital age and that customers can continue >buying K-mount cameras and lenses knowing that their system will be >compatible with up-to-date digital cameras. I just recently b

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-03 Thread Todd Stanley
Hmmm... Didn't think of that. Good point. Todd At 04:33 PM 6/3/01 +1000, you wrote: > >What about all the pros with Pentax Medium format gear surely the 6M pixel >body coupled with a lens adaptor would be of interest? > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, g

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-02 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
Actually it is a $1000 digital camera, the 22mm x 34mm ccd is what you pay the other six grand for. I have said it here before, and say it again. The only camera on the market in that category right now is the Kodak DCS 460/560. They recently dropped the price to $15,, so how do you feel less

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-02 Thread Todd Stanley
I don't know if it's true or not, but it makes sense as I don't think there is a big enough market for a $7,000 K-mount camera to make it worthwhile. What Pentax needs to do is build the K1000 of digital SLRs - cheap, dependable, and simple. They'd probably sell truckloads of them. Todd At 11:

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-02 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
Troll alert! --Tom Pentax Clover wrote: > > Hello > One of my friend tells me that the Digital MZ shown at the PMA is no more > devellop ! The projet is stopped, aborted... > Does anybody know something about this ? > - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-02 Thread Pål Jensen
Sounds like total bull to me Pål - Original Message - From: "Pentax Clover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 11:13 PM Subject: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ??? > Hello > One of my friend tells me that the Digital MZ shown at th

Re: Digital MZ - MR 52 projet still in the air ???

2001-06-02 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
Ouch... I sure hope that isn't the case. I've certainly been worried, since there wasn't anything from Japan (besides the neat IXUS-like 3.3mp Pentax). I've certainly justified adding quite a bit to my Pentax glass over the past year in anticipation of this stuff going on to a full-frame digital