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Comment by George Lazarette posted on 645D cancelled - or not at 29/03/2008 - 08:48
Development has been temporarily put on hold from what I've seen while the Hoya acquisition goes through. Although the stage that they seem to be at would be nearing production capabilities so it will hopefully only delay some lenses.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on 645D cancelled - or not at 02/06/2007 - 21:44
I don't think they'd stop the production of the 645D as they have been touting it for a long time.
Would be an absolute waste of R&D resources if they did cancel it and a big dissapointment. Medium format DSLRs are hard to come by and there are a fair few people looking into getting them.
I can see many good uses for this camera, especially high quality large professional printing.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on 645D cancelled - or not at 10/05/2007 - 15:54
When new cameras appear the Sigma products may not work without re-chipping, basically because Sigma are not privy to the full technical details.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Sigma EF500DGP Flash VS Pentax AF360FGZ at 27/08/2007 - 22:04
There are numerous instances of Sigma equipment failing to perform properly with later generation equipment with which it SHOULD be able to operate.
And no, other manufacturers don't have this problem.
I fully accept that there are factors which favour the the Sigma rather than the Pentax, especially cost, but to make an informed decision one has to weigh everything in the balance.
Just because the Sigma is cheaper doesn't mean that every other aspect can be ignored.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Sigma EF500DGP Flash VS Pentax AF360FGZ at 09/05/2007 - 20:39
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on Sigma EF500DGP Flash VS Pentax AF360FGZ at 09/05/2007 - 18:56
Thanks Matt, sounds like Silver is the one I will go for.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 13/05/2007 - 10:53
Thanks Matt,
followed your search pattern, found some umbrellas that look interesting. For portraits would you use white umbrella more than silver? That is my reading of the product information.
With the former, the flash faces away from the subject, and the light is bounced back from the brolly. With the latter, the flash faces the subject, and shines through the brolly.
Generally speaking, a silver brolly would be reflective, and a white would be translucent.
Silver should give a more dramatic light than white.
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 13/05/2007 - 07:54
George,
Were you a proof-reader in another life?
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 11/05/2007 - 18:18
One important thing I neglected to mention...
On the AF360FGZ you must also do the following:
* Set the "M C S" switch to "S" = Slave
* Put the power switch to the middle position
The Ready/Test LED should blink about once every second. This means it's waiting for the signal.
Maybe I'll do an illustrated guide....
(Along with the Silkypix guide LOL!)
Matt
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Comment by George Lazarette posted on How to force wireless flash (K100D, af360fgz) ? at 10/05/2007 - 10:42
However, I think that an enthusiast's D645 would also have a big take-up amongst less affluent professionals - small-time wedding photographers being a good example. These are the people who bought a Pentax or Mamiya film 645 because they couldn't afford a Hasselblad.
Anyway, let it roll on. The important thing is that they find a way to use existing 645 lenses. If they don't, the owners of those lenses will be so unhappy that they would be quite likely to boycott the new camera.
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