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Comment by Don posted on Popular Photography WTF? at 08/02/2011 - 16:03
Me too I just want one I can use my Ltd's on without no crappy adapter and such...
I just want decent video performance with manual control and to be able to shoot video and stills simultaneously.
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 15:52
Hmmm, Interesting Don, are we all going to start snapping up Auto 110 Kits on Ebay now then???
I'm waiting for an aps-c class evil with standard k mount.
will sell settle for some kind of frankenstien monster mash up of d-slr with evf viewfinder hybrid...
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 15:44
Sorry Don. Posted my comment up then remembered there are loads of c-mount M4/3 adaptors!!
I think Samsung and Sony are on the right path and Pentax would be better off avoiding 4/3s and using it's own mounts and lenses and let the aftermarket supply the 4/3's lens adaptors...
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 15:42
Saw that.
I think Pentax could easily release an i10 camera with auto 110 or c mount and lay claim to title of smallest evil class camera, then release another with a m 4/3's sized sensor using the same lens mount...
so who knows...
they already got all the stuff they need.... Pentax has a HUGE selection of c mount designs they could use or adapt....
I'm also curious what you'd get if you took the kx and added a pelicile mirror to it... just swap the mirror for a translucent mirror, keep the mirror flip up mechanism, and re-write the firmware to allow the green button to be a dedicated video record button...
shoot video through the mirror, and flip the mirror up for stills....
the c- mount is the same as auto 110.
I believe the auto 110 just swapped the c mount for a smaller two tab version of the kmount and as such Pentax just borrowed a couple of it's own optical desines for the auto 110 lenses, changining only the mount and possibly adding the smc coatings.
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 15:24
I think Pentax could easily release an i10 camera with auto 110 or c mount and lay claim to title of smallest evil class camera, then release another with a m 4/3's sized sensor using the same lens mount...
so who knows...
they already got all the stuff they need.... Pentax has a HUGE selection of c mount designs they could use or adapt....
I'm also curious what you'd get if you took the kx and added a pelicile mirror to it... just swap the mirror for a translucent mirror, keep the mirror flip up mechanism, and re-write the firmware to allow the green button to be a dedicated video record button...
shoot video through the mirror, and flip the mirror up for stills....
Comment by Don posted on Mirrorless... at 08/02/2011 - 15:09
I would have moved the title to the left to keep it all in the dark area, then smoke could have been added to the gun.
John
Comment by Don posted on Model shoots photographer. at 08/02/2011 - 15:05
I don't know if anybody noticed, but the Pentax-D FA 645 25 mm lens is on the Pentax webstore list with a selling price of $4999.95.
who is good at math? 4 or 5 32 gig class ten memory cards, new mac pro with 8 or 16 gigs of ram and four 1 terabite hard drives, photoshop cs5 and aperture 3, 30 inch cinema display....
Hmmmn if I staged my own death and then used the insurance money.... nah forget it Gerri would kill me if I tried that, and if I was already declared dead, she'd get away with it.
Now on the issue of paint.... who pays more for paint? Not me, the images coming out don't get better if the camera looks prettier..
Comment by Don posted on Pentax K-5 Silver and Silver Limiteds at 08/02/2011 - 14:55
There is a Faux movie poster being made from this image the aspect ratio is taller and so has more of the dead guy in it.....
this one is more for a smaller magazine ad. so no blood..
ps I thought anchoring the lettering from the r in killer to the gun was cool. anybody else notice the brightest area in the image is the gun, and the r appears to be an inverted mirror shape to the gun?
Comment by Don posted on Model shoots photographer. at 08/02/2011 - 14:41
yet Canon releases a new rebel and two days later they got a review done?
So they can't find a way to bash the Pentax, and so they say nothing at all?
maybe they're holding off publication until Canon or Nikon releases a new model that beats the k5?
Comment by Don posted on Popular Photography WTF? at 08/02/2011 - 14:26


Is 'Popular Photography ' anti Pentax?
I have little interest in magazines and their reviews to be honest.
they just reveiwed the canon 60 d.
they start off by saying the only other competitor is the nikon 7000 then give the win to the canon... not even mention the k5.
As far as I'm concerned that rag hasn't been worth the $5.00 since Herbert Kepler died, and I'm not gonna buy another edition, until Keppler comes back.