RE: Speaking of films transport speed, was Re: I love the PZ-1p

2001-12-28 Thread Kent Gittings
Gittings -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pål Jensen Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 3:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Speaking of films transport speed, was Re: I love the PZ-1p Bill wrote: What happened to make film transport

Re: Speaking of films transport speed, was Re: I love the PZ-1p

2001-12-28 Thread Pål Jensen
Kent wrote: Pentax is sort of like Minolta in that respect. Only Canon and Nikon fight for the rarified area of 7+ FPS because they have to compete against each other. I'm sure film cameras that can do 5fps and more will be seen as pointless in the future. High speed photography will be

Re: Speaking of films transport speed, was Re: I love the PZ-1p

2001-12-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 Dec 2001 at 20:36, Pål Jensen wrote: I'm sure film cameras that can do 5fps and more will be seen as pointless in the future. High speed photography will be the area of digital in the very near future. Wasting a roll in 3,6 seconds doesn't seem cost effective to me; not to mention the

Re: Speaking of films transport speed, was Re: I love the PZ-1p

2001-12-27 Thread Pål Jensen
Bill wrote: What happened to make film transport speed so important? Didn't sports photogs learn how to use their equipment and get great shots in the days before high speed motordrives? When I was shooting for our college yearbook back in 1962-63, I used a rangefinder 35 and a Speed