Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-10 Thread gfen
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Perhaps only in the window-making business? So, I'm a professional geek for a living, and we all started with linux, a unix. Unix uses something called X Window System (X Windows, X), which has window managers, including one called Window Maker. S

Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-10 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Perhaps only in the window-making business? Collin O'Brendemuehl :) >With a last name like "fenstermacher," you'd think I'd have this German >thing down...

Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-10 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, > With a last name like "fenstermacher," you'd think I'd have this German > thing down... it's pretty easy really: -ei- is like ice, lice, rice, nice, dice, mice, spice, Zeiss... -ie- is like wiener, as in schnitzel. alles in ordnung! --- Bob Thursday, October 10, 2002, 3:24:00 PM, y

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-03 Thread Anthony Farr
Expectations are getting steeper all the time. A week ago it wouldhave bebeen enough to be sub $US2000. Regards, Anthony Farr - Original Message - From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (snip) > and > with a $1000 DSLR based on an MZ body, their stock would shoot up faster >

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-02 Thread Chris Brogden
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, gfen wrote: > Again, who else has AF 645 cameras? Quite a few.. but who has a > silent, quick focus 645? No one. Its a wide open market. Yup. If Pentax came out with USM and IS lenses for their 645 camera, and with a $1000 DSLR based on an MZ body, their stock would shoot up

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
Well I remember a few years ago, someone here posed the question as to why Pentax had not introduced an AF 67 camera. I believe the general consensus was something along the lines that the motor required to focus such large lenses would be much too big for the camera body. But with USM the motor i

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread gfen
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Nick Wright wrote: > I've been kindof thinking about this too. But I've > been thinking more along the lines of medfo lenses > with USM. Think about it... a 645 or even 67 lens with > a USM driven AF. I think you'd need an AF 67, first.. But yeah. I actually forgot the USM ide

Re: Re[2]: Photokina and Pentax - the future?

2002-10-01 Thread Nick Wright
I've been kindof thinking about this too. But I've been thinking more along the lines of medfo lenses with USM. Think about it... a 645 or even 67 lens with a USM driven AF. Nick --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gfen, > > Boy, I gotta admit you have a very interesting idea > there.