Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Too true, and their imaging division is one of the more profitable portions of the company... On 11/20/2018 1:58 PM, Rick Womer wrote: https://www.channele2e.com/news/ricoh-layoffs-2018-management-staff-cuts-business-unit-sale/ And from Reuters: "Ricoh and legacy companies that supply office

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-20 Thread Rick Womer
https://www.channele2e.com/news/ricoh-layoffs-2018-management-staff-cuts-business-unit-sale/ And from Reuters: "Ricoh and legacy companies that supply office printing equipment such as Xerox Corp have been looking to sell assets and focus on other areas of growth as paper printing increasingly

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 17 November 2018 at 10:49 Jostein wrote: > > > > Den 16.11.2018 22:30, skrev Steve Cottrell: > > That's all true. > > Except when I tried it, I placed my passport on the scanner, looked into > > the camera, and a door opened on the machine, a large hand shot out and > > slapped my face.

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-17 Thread Jostein
Den 16.11.2018 22:30, skrev Steve Cottrell: That's all true. Except when I tried it, I placed my passport on the scanner, looked into the camera, and a door opened on the machine, a large hand shot out and slapped my face. With a dead fish, I assume? :-D Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread John
having passport photos without glasses for people who wear them all the time is beyond me. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 10:34 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What do you think about the f

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/11/18, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >I recently had to renew my (British) passport. Not only was I able to submit >my photograph as a digital image - the passport itself also contains an >encoded >form of the image, readable electronically. And apparently at some UK >airports

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Bruce Walker
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 12:31 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > When one gets to be my age, "the future" of anything is irrelevant. Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly abo

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'm going to live forever. Or die trying. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37552116 B On 16 Nov 2018, at 18:39, Alan C mailto:c...@lantic.net>> wrote: They say the first person who will live to 150 is already living. You may just be he! Alan C On 16-Nov-18 07:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Alan C
They say the first person who will live to 150 is already living. You may just be he! Alan C On 16-Nov-18 07:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: When one gets to be my age, "the future" of anything is irrelevant. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola --- This email ha

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
When one gets to be my age, "the future" of anything is irrelevant. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above an

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Bill Hewlett and David Packard planned on creating the paperless office; instead, they gave us the laser printer. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 5:08 AM Jostein wrote: > > Den 15.11.2018 14:39, skrev Bruce Walker: > > "Paperless office". Pf

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Jostein
Den 15.11.2018 14:39, skrev Bruce Walker: "Paperless office". Pffft. :-) LOL. When a new pharmaceutical product is launched, the company has to apply for market authorisation in USA, Canada, EU, Japan and China separately. Or used to anyway... Not sure about the current status of cooperatio

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-16 Thread Jostein
The PDML is not a mess of cormorants. It's more like a collegium of cormorantii. Jostein Den 15.11.2018 08:38, skrev Bob W-PDML: On a point of grammar, the collective noun for cormorants is not 'flock' - we say 'a mess of cormorants', and 'a shag-bag'. On 15 Nov 2018, at 02:24, Igor PDML-

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Not to be insulting to anyone but I do find myself being in the position of not giving a Phalacrocorax. > On 16 November 2018 at 02:27 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > > Lads, I suspect you might be talking about two different shags. > As I've written in my earlier response: > > >> I knew a dan

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Lads, I suspect you might be talking about two different shags. As I've written in my earlier response: I knew a dance called "shag" (aka Collegiate Shag, which is different from Carolina Shag). Based on the location, background and the music mentioned, I suspect Larry is talking about the

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Bruce Walker
> From: PDML On Behalf Of John Francis > > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 10:34 AM > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" > APS-C- > > camera line? > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11

RE: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread jcoyle
wear them all the time is beyond me. John in Brisbane > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of John Francis > Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 10:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship"

RE: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread jcoyle
t do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C- > camera line? > > > > In my experience, consumer computing technologies gave boost to > higher paper consumption, including very frequently senseless paper waste. > In the era of typewriters, for a f

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:42:57AM +0100, Rick Womer wrote: > IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho > said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. I'm still hoping that this product will eventually materialise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:49:48AM -0500, John wrote: > On 11/15/2018 04:42, Rick Womer wrote: > > IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho > > said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. > > > > It???s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/11/18, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty & Bob - you can just go ahead and get your minds out of the gutter >right now. A lot lower than the gutter John ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 12:44, l...@red4est.com wrote: Nope, those aren't shaggable either. Actually, for me nothing is. I might be able to fake balboa, but I'd need at least a few minutes to learn to shag. Wander into any bar in Myrtle Beach, SC & there's someone there who can teach you. I learned i

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread lrc
On November 15, 2018 9:26:53 AM PST, John wrote: >On 11/15/2018 08:06, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> :-) >> >> "Dance this mess around!"   ;-) >> https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 >> > >Except you can't dance "the shag" to that. You're going to need another >Atlanta >band: > >https://www.youtube

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 08:06, Igor PDML-StR wrote: :-) "Dance this mess around!"   ;-) https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 Except you can't dance "the shag" to that. You're going to need another Atlanta band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GyJ9dhMgY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tams OR mayb

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 08:39, Bruce Walker wrote: When I began my career in 1978 I worked for one of the then Big Three word processor companies (AES Data, Canada's answer to Wang and IBM) and the phrase "paperless office" was widely heard. Paper would soon be obsolete. When I wrapped up my full time car

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 04:42, Rick Womer wrote: IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. It’s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment companies) are having a terrible time as the

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
In my experience, consumer computing technologies gave boost to higher paper consumption, including very frequently senseless paper waste. In the era of typewriters, for a few errors, people would use a white-out, and only occasionally would reprint the entire page. With computers, people tho

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Bruce Walker
When I began my career in 1978 I worked for one of the then Big Three word processor companies (AES Data, Canada's answer to Wang and IBM) and the phrase "paperless office" was widely heard. Paper would soon be obsolete. When I wrapped up my full time career in 2010 I worked in the Toronto office

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
:-) "Dance this mess around!" ;-) https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 Bob W-PDML Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:39:17 -0800 wrote: On a point of grammar, the collective noun for cormorants is not 'flock' - we say 'a mess of cormorants', and 'a shag-bag'. On Wed, 14 Nov 2018, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Rick Womer
IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. It’s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment companies) are having a terrible time as the world abandons paper documents. Rick On

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On a point of grammar, the collective noun for cormorants is not 'flock' - we say 'a mess of cormorants', and 'a shag-bag'. > On 15 Nov 2018, at 02:24, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > I knew a dance called "shag" (aka Collegiate Shag, which is different from > Carolina Shag). I also knew the sla

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread Subash Jeyan
some of us were hoping for an incremental upgrade to a 'flagship' which had the sensor of the kp and the form factor of the k3-ii. it was not to be and i finally went for the k3-ii. On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:02:59 -0500 (EST) Igor PDML-StR wrote: > Hi All, > > While considering various options of

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I knew a dance called "shag" (aka Collegiate Shag, which is different from Carolina Shag). I also knew the slang meaning used chiefly by Brits. But I just have learnt what species of birds this word applies to (especially for people from NZ). That way it became so relevant to PDML! But how c

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread Jostein
What PDML needs is a shagflip camera. Jostein Den 14.11.2018 20:02, skrev Igor PDML-StR: Hi All, While considering various options of replacing my failed camera, I've considered of what would be the next steps of Pentax with respect to the new models. Asahi Man (a reputable Pentax-insider

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread P. J. Alling
I would agree except, they can't really afford to give up any ground.  Pentax is known, as far as it is known, for having one of the best, if not the best line of dedicated APS-C lenses, many like the limited line, of extremely high build quality. The K-1 is needlessly large compared to the K-

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-14 Thread lrc
The k-1 works just fine as an aps camera. With their limited resources it would make sense to only have one flagship. On November 14, 2018 11:02:59 AM PST, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >Hi All, > >While considering various options of replacing my failed camera, I've >considered of what would be the n