Pentax announces two new entry-level DSLRs

http://www.pentaximaging.com/footer/news_media_article?ArticleId=7717552

Inexpensive, plastic-bodied DSLRs are doing what they did in the late
1980s,
rescuing camera makers from losing money on expensive metal bodies
as well as facilitating the sale of pricey lenses which are the real
profit makers
for the DSLR producers. These plastic DSLRs are the same as printers
in the printer
industry, a mechanism to sell hugely overpriced ink.

The latest lens inherits all the attributes of the acclaimed PENTAX
Limited lens series including high-quality image reproduction,
distinctive visual description, and high-grade lens-barrel finish. The
smc PENTAX DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited lens will ship in July 2006 for
$549.95.

 

WTLM, this was leaked weeks ago.

 

The specifics just appeared on dpreview.com.

 

I think that you missed the real news. The K100D has in-body image
stabilization.

And I fail to see how a body that can use lenses dating back to the '60s and
add image stabilization to them is a particularly good way to sell
expensive lenses.

If the IS actually works the thing is a sore temptation.

 

And you posted a link?? Tell me about the new 10MP Pentax with SR and a even
better/faster focusing system and I might be a bit more interested and just
might stop thinking you are just another troll.

 

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0605/06052205pentaxk100d.asp

The new K10D(?) with 10MP is still a rumour...


Regards,
Carsten

 

sure, yeah. Did you take your medication yet?


B.

 

RichA,
You're "starting" to sound like an old fogey ;-(
Your plastic thing is getting to be ooooooooooooooold.
Could you please give us a break and talk about something else?
Thanks,
Marcel

 

hmmmm another anti-pentax zealot ??????

 

Got to admit, it's about the weirdest looking lens I've ever seen.

http://www.pentaxtech.com/Press/KIMAGES/K100D21mm.jpg

Any idea why???

P.S. Original k1000 was a GREAT camera. I owned mine for over 20
years. Only stopped using it when I went with a different dSLR. Gave
the camera to a friend, it's still going strong. You could drive over
that thing and it would still work fine. 100% manual 100% of the time.
Oh, those were the days. No calibrated monitors or color profiles.
Just you, an enlarger, a grain focuser and lots of paper and chemicals
.....

 

Hmm, 21mm f/3.2 manual focus pancake lens. Nice. I have a Nikon 45mm
with a somewhat similar inverted cone lens shade though not a square
opening like that one. It is nice to have a tiny lens like that.

 

It's AF, not manual

All DA lenses have full-time manual focus too. I have its
little brother the DA40/2.8 pancake. Superb lens and I
expect this one to be just as good... but wider.

 

So, oh Master Troll, what consumables are the camera companies selling
when they release consumer DSLRs at reasonable prices? Film? Oh,
that's right, the D stands for digital and there aren't any expensive
consumables but you wouldn't know that because you don't own a DSLR! In
this digital world a DSLR owner may never print a single image. Your
analogy is as weak as your mind.

Greg

 

Why a "sore temptation" now? Minolta's with it have been out for some
time.

 

Stop crying like a bitch.

 

Minolta is gone, because they were 2 years late with the 7D.

 

Well in a colour darkroom I had all sorts of profiles, films were all
different, colour paper varied from batch to batch. Digital for colour
prints works well for me..

I agree the K1000 counts as a classic camera, heir to the Spotmatic dynasty.

Darrell Larose
Spotmatic II 1972
LX 1981
*ist D 2004

 

Not to mention the fact that this "plastic bodied DSLR"
apparently has a new, stiffer stainless steel chassis.

 

Actually Pentax has 21mm f:3.2 pancake, 40mm f:2.8 pancake and the 70mm
f:2.4 limited pancake

 

Minolta = Sony. They are alive!