It is said at the beginning of the video. He is one of the senior engineers and responsible for product programmes and planning.
As this is published globally, and not only with these two official videos, but also with a detailed global PR statement by Ricoh/Pentax, this project will probably has a substantial support.
But as Ricoh/Pentax is a small(er) manufacturer, there definitely won't be a "limitless funding".
Cause and causation.I do not understand the fascination with super fast lenses for this proposed compact P&S camera. That's not what the folk who might buy this camera are looking for. They're falling over themselves to bid hundreds of (choose your dollar, euro or pound) for Olympus, Canon, Pentax and Ricoh models from the 90s with f3.5 lenses. And they're not saying that they want smaller apertures in new cameras.
I'd "kill" to have a new Stylus Epic type camera. Kill my budget, if needed.
we have now a better situation with improved lens designs available in low light situations (wide aperture lenses and lenses with image stabilisation).
And that we can therefore be a bit more relaxed concerning high-speed films.
Nothing more, nothing less.
I think most of us agree with this.
It has a fixed 28mm 3.5 lens which is wikked sharp.
Too wide. Some of use prefer no wider than 35mm. Nikon made a few good ones.
My Pentax is a 38-120mm with world class optics ($10).
In 2007 Fuji released the Klasse S which had a 38mm 2.8 lens.
It cost $680 in 2007.
The 28mm view is what billions of people are used to nowadays thanks to the iphone.
I think today’s audience would be cool with it on a p&s
Count me out.
That's fine, because it isn't aimed at you or I.
It's aimed at people relatively new to film photography...mostly people in their teens and early twenties, who do seem to want a fairly wide lens. But I see no market research that suggests they want a super fast lens. Or that they are averse to flashes. Gods, the number of bloody smart phone flashes that go off at pubs, clubs, restaurants and gigs suggests that rather than not knowing what a flash is.....they may not know how to turn it off.
That's neat for those that have a need for such a thing. I have rarely, if ever found the need for such a lens in the 50 years I have been shooting. I prefer slow, fine grain film on a tripod.
I am going to join the ranks of those who don't like the way that modern lenses render.
It’s selling for nearly twice that now. What a beautiful camera.
Count me out.
Therefore it is very important as a film photographer to judge these lenses by using them with film, and making optical prints or projection.
Personally, I prefer to judge my lenses in my own final setup, which is based on scanning and digitalising by deactivating all software automatic adjustment and CONTROLLING exactly the post-processing of the linear positive 16bit/channel scanner raw output. No magic involved at all.
Personally, I prefer to judge my lenses in my own final setup, which is based on scanning and digitalising by deactivating all software automatic adjustment and CONTROLLING exactly the post-processing of the linear positive 16bit/channel scanner raw output. No magic involved at all.
hope Pentax is working on a medium format film camera
hope Pentax is working on a medium format film camera
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