Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-27 Thread P. J. Alling
It's already a meaningful segment of the camera market. On 9/27/2011 7:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I've used the m42 on the m43 many times ;-) I'd also like Pentax to survive, and I do believe they'll need a decent mirrorless system to do that. I can't be 100% sure, of course, but I do th

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-27 Thread Steven Desjardins
I've used the m42 on the m43 many times ;-) I'd also like Pentax to survive, and I do believe they'll need a decent mirrorless system to do that. I can't be 100% sure, of course, but I do think that the CSC/EVIL/MSC/MILC/Whatever will become a meaningful segment of the camera market. On Tue, Se

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-27 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, September 26, 2011 10:55 PM, "Steven Desjardins" wrote: > I can't post in the PUG with a NEX ;-) Just stick an old Takumar on the front and no worries. Or you could just strip the Exif and lie. I'm gullible Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Keep

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
I can't post in the PUG with a NEX ;-) On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:56 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > If it has an incompatible mount you might as well buy a Sony NEX-7. > > On 9/26/2011 9:20 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> Hopefully the new mirrorless is APS-C. >> >> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:19 PM,

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 9/26/2011 6:49 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Amusing, but not a bad idea. Reminds me of the Fuji medium format rangefinders. Great cameras, those. It would pretty much be a digital view camera. Such a body would be able to use just about any lens made for any interchangeable lens camera. The

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Amusing, but not a bad idea. Reminds me of the Fuji medium format rangefinders. Great cameras, those. On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > On 9/26/2011 6:20 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Hopefully the new mirrorless is APS-C. > So, I was drinking with Ned and John last week, and a

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread P. J. Alling
If it has an incompatible mount you might as well buy a Sony NEX-7. On 9/26/2011 9:20 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Hopefully the new mirrorless is APS-C. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Shouldn't the rumors start to fly next week? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On 9/26/2011 6:20 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Hopefully the new mirrorless is APS-C. So, I was drinking with Ned and John last week, and after the third round of Islay malt, they let some details slip. The new mirrorless won't be APS-C, it'll be the 645M. Pentax figures that there will be too

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
la-la-la-la-la-la-la...! I'm not listening... :) -c On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Just sayin'. > > Well, hows this.  Based on Pentax's recent behavior the K3 will be announced > either in May or October of 2012, to be released just after Christmas of > that year, (

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hopefully the new mirrorless is APS-C. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > Shouldn't the rumors start to fly next week? > > -- > 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

RE: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
Shouldn't the rumors start to fly next week? -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
PJ, You need a good hurricane or something to clear your mind. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:33 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Just sayin'. > > Well, hows this.  Based on Pentax's recent behavior the K3 will be announced > either in May or October of 2012, to be released just after Chris

We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Just sayin'. Well, hows this. Based on Pentax's recent behavior the K3 will be announced either in May or October of 2012, to be released just after Christmas of that year, (so as to miss the major gift giving season in all the major markets). It will have the new Sony 24mp sensor which Pen