Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:06 PM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Guess I'm going to have to go with the redhead... :-) >> >> http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_09/08_09_chalk/16.jpg > > Dear me, how

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Walters
Actually, recent price reductions in OZ have now made the K200D very competitive. It can be had for $A700 from a reputable dealer which is considerably better than the $A1200 (approx) that it was listed for originally. I'm still aiming for the K20D but I haven't totally excluded the 200D from con

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guess I'm going to have to go with the redhead... :-) > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_09/08_09_chalk/16.jpg Dear me, how shocking! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bre

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 8, 2008, at 04:39 , Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I've been grabbing all the Pentax MZ-era camera straps that I > can find. Love those pockets, and those little nipples on the strap > buckles are great for motor drive film cams (I need another one for > the HexarRF). I

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Ken Waller
>I like nipples MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it? > Lenses too? There's some nice ones on the roadmap I'

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread timber
> I read a couple times already that in Eastern Europe, the K200D is > selling like hot cakes. True :) Here the K200D is the best price / value machine most of us can get. Even if the price of the K200D is still high for most people... I think the ultra-low budget compacts (which have IQ like a ph

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Jack Davis
Was no accident. 8-P Jack --- On Mon, 9/8/08, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date:

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Thibouille
The price is indeed a bit steep although there seems to be quite differences in different markets: the distibutors may be partly at fault here. I read a couple times already that in Eastern Europe, the K200D is selling like hot cakes. In the US (and other places as well) it is expensive regarding

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Steve Desjardins
Interesting choice of words. >>> Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9/8/2008 8:36 AM >>> Nice grab! Jack --- On Mon, 9/8/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Adam Maas
The K200D is not enough camera for too much money. Apart from the weather sealing the Sony A200 matches or exceeds it in every regard (especially AF and buffer/fps) for around $200 less and the Nikon D80 is roughly the same price while far more camera. It's not a bad camera, just a bad value (the o

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Adam Maas
Everything I've heard indicates something below the K200D. A K2000D per se. -Adam On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam, who said the new camera wasn't replacing K200D? :p > According to current informations it would (supposedly) replace or > compliment it b

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Thibouille
Sure they would but I expect Hoya-Pentax to go that route more than before... A least they do not market upgrade versions as full new versions (read...Canon-like). Personnaly, I do not think the K20D needs anything more than what it has already. But the K200D or an intermediate model would be we

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread timber
> Well the K200D could indeed receive an upgrade for a very good reason: > the base camera is damn good (just a K10D with a couple features > missing) but the buffer/fps really is a joke, espcieally the > ridicullous buffer. > > Other than that the K200D is a very fine camera. > But wouldn't users

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Thibouille
Well the K200D could indeed receive an upgrade for a very good reason: the base camera is damn good (just a K10D with a couple features missing) but the buffer/fps really is a joke, espcieally the ridicullous buffer. Other than that the K200D is a very fine camera. On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:46 PM,

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread timber
Why do K200D or K20D need a replacement? What Pentax _may_ need is something lower than K200D or higher than K20D. K200D Minus could be something like the Micro Four Thirds from Olympus. Ergo a K bayonetted, interchangeable compact camera :P Like a Micro K. K20D Plus could be FF camera There are

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Cory Waters
I love how all the women are glaring at her... funny stuff. CW P. J. Alling wrote: > We can tell > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_09/08_09_chalk/16.jpg > > > > Derby Chang wrote: > >> Lenses too? There's some nice ones on the roadmap I'd like to get. >> >> And I've been grabbing all t

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Thibouille
Adam, who said the new camera wasn't replacing K200D? :p According to current informations it would (supposedly) replace or compliment it between K200D and K20D. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB P

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Jack Davis
Nice grab! Jack --- On Mon, 9/8/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, September 8, 200

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread P. J. Alling
We can tell http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_09/08_09_chalk/16.jpg Derby Chang wrote: > Lenses too? There's some nice ones on the roadmap I'd like to get. > > And I've been grabbing all the Pentax MZ-era camera straps that I can > find. Love those pockets, and those little nipples on the

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Adam Maas
Frankly, the K200D is already low-end enough. The only way they could go lower on a saleable body without completely crippling the camera is to simply reintroduce the K100D Super updated with the new processing software used in the K2 series bodies. Otherwise we'll end up with something as uncompet

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Thibouille
Well for what I know (which is nowhere near official, Pentax-Hoya seems a lot more NDA guys than before and I'm not under NDA) it seems this time some might want to upgrade their istDS (although doubt we will see TTL or anything else than pentamirror). Other than those two issues, it seems a nice

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread David Savage
Yep, lenses too. I have all my shooting needs covered already lens wise. Now I await a body that will have a decent low light capable sensor in it. But I'm not holding my breath while I wait for it. Cheers, Dave 2008/9/8 Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lenses too? There's some nice ones on

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Derby Chang
Lenses too? There's some nice ones on the roadmap I'd like to get. And I've been grabbing all the Pentax MZ-era camera straps that I can find. Love those pockets, and those little nipples on the strap buckles are great for motor drive film cams (I need another one for the HexarRF). I like nippl

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread David Savage
Until Pentax come out with a camera with specs & performance similar to the Nikon D700, I'm not buying any more of their equipment. Cheers, Dave 2008/9/8 Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > For those who know about the new camera (I mean the small low-end one > ;) ), do you feel like buying it? >

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread timber
> For those who know about the new camera (I mean the small low-end one > ;) ), do you feel like buying it? > For those who don't know about the new camera... would you share some information? :D .t -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Coming camera(s) : for thow who know, would you buy it?

2008-09-08 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:11:37 +0200, "Thibouille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > For those who know about the new camera (I mean the small low-end one > ;) ), do you feel like buying it? > > -- I'd need to know more but almost certainly not. I can't imaging anything of lower spec than the K200D bei