ghost
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hmm? i didn't say there was anything wrong with the 5d.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
I seriously doubt there will be a Canon RF. The M8 would have to sell exteremely well for them to take interest, even then Canon is ruled by such a bean-counter ethos that I'd be shocked if they made such a move.
I do expect Cosina to jump in, but my guess is they'll hold back until they see what the reaction to the M8 is; the R-D1 hasn't sold well enough to give Mr. K. warm fuzzies about spending the big bucks on his own. Securing and spending capital for film RFs on your own is one thing; they have much of the tooling, not to mention manufacturing experience, already at hand.
Clearly with the R-D1 they dipped their toes in the digital design/manufacturing arena; finding another partner with the deep pockets to partner with Cosina would not be an insignificant task.
I do expect Cosina to jump in, but my guess is they'll hold back until they see what the reaction to the M8 is; the R-D1 hasn't sold well enough to give Mr. K. warm fuzzies about spending the big bucks on his own. Securing and spending capital for film RFs on your own is one thing; they have much of the tooling, not to mention manufacturing experience, already at hand.
Clearly with the R-D1 they dipped their toes in the digital design/manufacturing arena; finding another partner with the deep pockets to partner with Cosina would not be an insignificant task.
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Socke
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kshapero said:
It's not a 1 series and thus less professional and the body shell is made from magnesium and not Polycarbonate like the 1 series. It's not weatherproof and less rugged.
So if you shoot a lot during the monsoon in a rainforest, fight for the best place at a press conference or pressed jeans and a white shirt don't give you the desired James Nachtwey look, a 1 series Canon is essential
kshapero
South Florida Man
Makes sense, probably even if you are fighting off drooling kids ata birthday party. But full frame digital for a pittiance of $2500. Kinda has a nice ring to it.Socke said:It's not a 1 series and thus less professional and the body shell is made from magnesium and not Polycarbonate like the 1 series. It's not weatherproof and less rugged.
So if you shoot a lot during the monsoon in a rainforest, fight for the best place at a press conference or pressed jeans and a white shirt don't give you the desired James Nachtwey look, a 1 series Canon is essential
ghost
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Socke said:It's not a 1 series and thus less professional and the body shell is made from magnesium and not Polycarbonate like the 1 series. It's not weatherproof and less rugged.
So if you shoot a lot during the monsoon in a rainforest, fight for the best place at a press conference or pressed jeans and a white shirt don't give you the desired James Nachtwey look, a 1 series Canon is essential
actually, my main complaint is about the af system and controls, but the other stuff also applies.
just shaking my head.....
Will
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JohnL said:
That would be rather annoying!!!
What about a range of Digital RF, from APS size to full frame, range $1k to 2k USD etc..
M mount, manually select frameline (like Canon 7 or CV, RD-1).
Will
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Nachkebia said:Your car plastic elements are for savety, canon is on first place because of great marketing deparment, plus biggest does not mean best
Look at GM...
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wlewisiii
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I just wish cosina would take that same old SLR body they've built for everyone & make a full frame back & LCD for it and then produce versions of it for every mount they've ever made - Canon FD, Olympus OM, Nikon F, etc - as that's probably the only way I'll ever get to buy what I want: a manual focus DSLR that takes FD lenses without crop factor.
William
William
ghost
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rover said:
what's that?
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Socke
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kshapero said:Makes sense, probably even if you are fighting off drooling kids ata birthday party. But full frame digital for a pittiance of $2500. Kinda has a nice ring to it.
IMHO the 24x36 sensor helps when you like wide angle primes. There is no such thing as a f1.4 lens with a 63° fov for a APS-C dSLR at the moment and for me a bulky 10-22 f4 or slower zoom doesn't fit the bill.
Another argument is the viewfinder which is as big and bright as we expect it on a midrange SLR.
Probably THE two things which make it attractive for us.
OTOH, I don't think the 5D is some 1000 Euro better as a 30d.
The AF seems to be pretty good and I wouldn't care for AF points if they weren't wedded to E-TTL flash controll.
Since E-TTL is measured at the active focusing point, focus and recompose is not enough, it's compose, meter, focus, recompose, adjust flash and then shoot if the subject is still there
atelier7
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anyone have an opinion on the pentax k100d versus the sony a100?
value vs performance. i know it's still early days for reviews, but on paper at least is the difference in price worth it?
value vs performance. i know it's still early days for reviews, but on paper at least is the difference in price worth it?
IGMeanwell
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The Pentax K100 uses the same basic tecnology (many rumors are that Minolta sourced to both Sony and Pentax) ... smaller sensor and if you have alot of old Pentax glass then its great especially with the Image Stabilization
If you have old Minolta Glass, want a bigger sensor, and really want Zeiss glass to go with your DSLR go for the Sony Alpha
If you have old Minolta Glass, want a bigger sensor, and really want Zeiss glass to go with your DSLR go for the Sony Alpha
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
I know; brandists are the best at trolling like that :angel:rover said:
It's a shame Konica-Minolta said "sayonara cruel welt", they were some of the best in real innovation (not buynovation a la Microsnot) with their cameras and other imaging equipment (i.e. scanners).
I hope Sony doesn't do the same thing with cameras what they did to their audio equipment (only the really expensive ones last) or all the CBS Masterworks collection :bang: I think they're renovating internally, though.
Thanks for the heads up, Ray.