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Comment by Shaky posted on K-m/K200D replacement announced tomorrow? at 16/09/2009 - 22:18
Blincodave wrote:
Where did you get this info from Shaky?
Click the link that says "Source" below the purported specs. Where did you get this info from Shaky?
Sounds legit to me.
Comment by Shaky posted on K-m/K200D replacement announced tomorrow? at 16/09/2009 - 21:31
hefty1 wrote:
Any word on the specs?
Any word on the specs?
Quote:
KEY FEATURES
• High resolution 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor features sensor-shift Shake Reduction for stabilized image and video capture up to 4 stops max.
• Large 2.7 inch LCD features Live View with contrast, phase difference, and Face Detection autofocus (up to 16 faces).
• Capture widescreen HD video in full 720p resolution (1280×720) at 24 FPS cinematic framerate, using any PENTAX 35mm lens.
• Highly compact DSLR body design allows for 1 handed operation and comfort when travelling.
• Powerful automatic modes, including PENTAX Auto Picture and scene modes, ensure the perfect shot in any situation, while helping new photographers learn DSLR photography.
• Creative processing and filter modes produce high quality finished images, while offering the ability to explore artistic freedom through unique special effects.
• True HDR image capture blends 3 bracketed images into a single picture with outstanding shadow, highlight, and midrange detail.
• Fast 4.7 FPS capture speed and 1/6000 second maximum shutter speeds are possible with the PENTAX PRIME II image processing engine.
• Responsive 11 point wide angle SAFOX VIII autofocus system focuses quickly and accurately, and can easily track moving subjects.
• Capture up to 1900 shots with universally available, easy-to-find AA lithium batteries (also compatible with AA NiMH rechargeable and alkaline batteries).
• Expanded ISO range covers sensitivities from 100-12800 for extreme low light photography.
SourceKEY FEATURES
• High resolution 12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor features sensor-shift Shake Reduction for stabilized image and video capture up to 4 stops max.
• Large 2.7 inch LCD features Live View with contrast, phase difference, and Face Detection autofocus (up to 16 faces).
• Capture widescreen HD video in full 720p resolution (1280×720) at 24 FPS cinematic framerate, using any PENTAX 35mm lens.
• Highly compact DSLR body design allows for 1 handed operation and comfort when travelling.
• Powerful automatic modes, including PENTAX Auto Picture and scene modes, ensure the perfect shot in any situation, while helping new photographers learn DSLR photography.
• Creative processing and filter modes produce high quality finished images, while offering the ability to explore artistic freedom through unique special effects.
• True HDR image capture blends 3 bracketed images into a single picture with outstanding shadow, highlight, and midrange detail.
• Fast 4.7 FPS capture speed and 1/6000 second maximum shutter speeds are possible with the PENTAX PRIME II image processing engine.
• Responsive 11 point wide angle SAFOX VIII autofocus system focuses quickly and accurately, and can easily track moving subjects.
• Capture up to 1900 shots with universally available, easy-to-find AA lithium batteries (also compatible with AA NiMH rechargeable and alkaline batteries).
• Expanded ISO range covers sensitivities from 100-12800 for extreme low light photography.
Comment by Shaky posted on K-m/K200D replacement announced tomorrow? at 16/09/2009 - 21:22
lemmy wrote:
I'd have thought that must call into question the long term viability of Hoya's Pentax badged DSLRs, given that they are all produced in the same factory
This alone is unlikely to change direct volume manufacturing costs much, although the overall impact may just be enough to sink Pentax.I'd have thought that must call into question the long term viability of Hoya's Pentax badged DSLRs, given that they are all produced in the same factory
The basic problem is that the operation is too small; whereas Pentax's global market share is skirting around margin of error territory Samsung are in fact right off the map.
This makes it unviable because the puny market share - combined or otherwise - must grow significantly to achieve anything resembling critical mass. Otherwise the business can simply not generate enough cash to be self-financing, raising the painful question why should anybody want to own it for investment purposes.
However, no doubt the Samsung partnership provided Pentax designers with significant input around the sensor which is clearly the key camera component. Separately Pentax have recently sacked a whole bunch of design staff in Japan and you have to seriously wonder what actual product development capacity remains, given the way the organisation has been butchered.
I really don't see how Hoya can take a constructive view of Pentax in light of this development. Objectively it is not just one or two problems with the company operationally but that the whole thing needs to be fixed from the ground up, from design, manufacturing, quality control to marketing.
It is a veritable management nightmare; who needs the grief?
Comment by Shaky posted on Samsung terminates GX at 08/09/2009 - 21:43
Hardgravity wrote:
If GX production stops then there'll still be Pentax bodies.
That remains to be seen. In any case it is important to distinguish that this is an article of faith rather than an immutable law of nature.If GX production stops then there'll still be Pentax bodies.
In particular as a former strategic partner of Pentax, Samsung are likely to have - possibly to a significant extent - co-financed the development of new Pentax dslr models.
As such it is clearly not a wild stretch of the imagination to suspect that the current dearth of new Pentax models in the aherm product line-up is due to the withdrawal of such financing, and/or the unwillingness of Hoya to pump more money into the enterprise.
It also sheds further light on the urgency of the Hoya CEO's recent plea for strategic partners.
Comment by Shaky posted on Samsung terminates GX at 08/09/2009 - 10:48
. . ."for foreseeable future".
Monday 7th September 2009
Damien Demolder
samsung nx
The pressures of researching and manufacturing the new NX series camera system mean that Samsung will not be introducing a new GX digital SLR camera for the foreseeable future, according to Seung Soo Park, vice president of the strategy marketing team of Samsung's digital media business.
See: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/samsung_nx_series_terminates_gx_for_fo...
Monday 7th September 2009
Damien Demolder
samsung nx
The pressures of researching and manufacturing the new NX series camera system mean that Samsung will not be introducing a new GX digital SLR camera for the foreseeable future, according to Seung Soo Park, vice president of the strategy marketing team of Samsung's digital media business.
See: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/samsung_nx_series_terminates_gx_for_fo...
Comment by Shaky posted on Samsung terminates GX at 08/09/2009 - 07:37
bforbes wrote:
"Our digital camera business is not exactly a big operation. There are naturally questions among us whether it is big enough to go it alone," Hoya Chief Executive Hiroshi Suzuki told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
That is a question that a junior associate at any reputable firm of strategy consultants could have easily answered in the negative. So could likely a fair proportion of the sizeable contingent of foreign (non-Japanese) fund managers sitting on equity positions in Hoya."Our digital camera business is not exactly a big operation. There are naturally questions among us whether it is big enough to go it alone," Hoya Chief Executive Hiroshi Suzuki told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
As such I think the timing of this interview is the most interesting, coming as it is after Hoya along with favoured brokers have no doubt been presenting the second quarter financial results to current and prospective shareholders in the usual debrief meetings.
I believe this staged statement as a clear indication that Hoya management got their collective asses severely chewed over the continued sponsorship of what looks a black hole investment lacking any realistic opportunity for generating sustainable returns.
Comment by Shaky posted on Hoya to seek digital camera alliance at 18/08/2009 - 21:00
Hoya to seek digital camera alliance
Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:32am EDT
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Reiji Murai
TOKYO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Japanese high-tech glass maker Hoya Corp (7741.T) said it aims to turn its Pentax operations profitable in the year to March 2010, but that its digital camera business needs to seek alliances for survival in the long term.
Hoya acquired Pentax in 2007 for $1 billion to add endoscopes and digital cameras to its product portfolio, which includes LCD photomasks, hard disk drive components, eye glass lenses and contact lenses.
Hoya's Pentax unit posted an operating loss of 11.6 billion yen ($122.3 million) in the year ended March 31, hit by restructuring costs and a sluggish digital camera market.
"Our digital camera business is not exactly a big operation. There are naturally questions among us whether it is big enough to go it alone," Hoya Chief Executive Hiroshi Suzuki told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
Full Story
Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:32am EDT
By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Reiji Murai
TOKYO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Japanese high-tech glass maker Hoya Corp (7741.T) said it aims to turn its Pentax operations profitable in the year to March 2010, but that its digital camera business needs to seek alliances for survival in the long term.
Hoya acquired Pentax in 2007 for $1 billion to add endoscopes and digital cameras to its product portfolio, which includes LCD photomasks, hard disk drive components, eye glass lenses and contact lenses.
Hoya's Pentax unit posted an operating loss of 11.6 billion yen ($122.3 million) in the year ended March 31, hit by restructuring costs and a sluggish digital camera market.
"Our digital camera business is not exactly a big operation. There are naturally questions among us whether it is big enough to go it alone," Hoya Chief Executive Hiroshi Suzuki told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
Full Story
Comment by Shaky posted on Hoya to seek digital camera alliance at 18/08/2009 - 19:13
Comment by Shaky posted on Bargain Hunting? Look no further at 17/08/2009 - 08:37
chirpy wrote:
I had the green line in the sensor problem as I mentioned in a previous K-7 post and it was reproducible. I sent it back to SRS for an exchange and the new one is fine. From the anecdotal evidence that I've read so far, it only seems to have happened with a few of the first batch of cameras.
In fact the translation posted above is not entirely accurate. The question translated as:I had the green line in the sensor problem as I mentioned in a previous K-7 post and it was reproducible. I sent it back to SRS for an exchange and the new one is fine. From the anecdotal evidence that I've read so far, it only seems to have happened with a few of the first batch of cameras.
"Q: After I used video or live view for an extended period of time. . .I'll find a bright stripe in the middle of the image."
should read something along the lines of
"Q: After I used video or live view for an extended period of time. . .***the quality of pictures is not as I would normally expect***"
To me this suggests the problem is more subtle and may be more widespread than suggested by the fairly obvious green line detection rates.
Comment by Shaky posted on K7 Problems ? at 08/08/2009 - 22:17
One thing that's troubling me is I don't recognise the sensor specs at all from the prior product line-up. Does anybody have a positive match on this?
FWIW, I did a google for "12.4 megapixel CMOS image sensor" as per the spec and the second hit that came up was for the Nikon D2X!