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What's hipster in Japanese?
I like that their spokesman is a hipster.
I like that their spokesman is a hipster.
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That has been tried several times in the past by several companies. And all have totally failed with only one single exception - Leica.
But the Leica digital module was'nt an success either, because of too much restrictions and a huge price point.
As you can meanwhile buy a used DSLR for extremely low prices, such a product would not make any sense, as you can get much better digital performance at much lower price by using a used DSLR compared to your 'Hybrid' solution.
And therefore Pentax will not go that way. Fortunately!!!
Hopefully a new Pentax 67 III (version 3) is on their list of possibilities...
I hope to see more companies come back to introducing new cameras. If they do, it probably will only be 35mm cameras. I do not see that happening for MF cameras, but someone may bring out a new 4"x5" camera.
What's hipster in Japanese?
If we’re talking medium format only 645 would make sense. The reasons for the 67 format are gone. 66 will often get cropped.
645 is 16 exposures and a smaller lighter camera with faster lenses.
You could even do a camera with a shift lens and shift mask, and pull 32 45x28mm exposures from a roll of 120.
That would be the best possibility. Actually, not even a version 2 is needed, just bring back the 67 (the one with mirror lockup) and a 100% coverage prism finder with better eye relief. Nirvana.
What's hipster in Japanese?
I don't know, but I do know that to indicate "damaged with many problems" in japanese, you just need to write "EXC+3"
According to whom? According to Purple Tentacle?
Among camera collectors, the popularity of the Pentax 6x7 is on the rise. Pentax produced the 6x7 camera from 1969 to 1975, then improved it on 1976, kept producing it until ca. 1989, then revamped it as the Pentax 67, then in 1998 they released the entirely Pentax 67II that was produced into the DSLR era.
If there are reasons for using film then there are reasons for using 6x7: dramatically increased clarity and crispness, reduced grain, and, above all, lots of control over depth of field (narrow bokeh keeping excellent optical properties), reduced problems with dust and scratches, easier scanning, etc.
Those cars that were also boats never really took off.
I worked for a company that viewed itself as, quote, "marketing driven". It was an utter shit-show.It’s marketings job to look at markets.
Input very quickly turns into demands.
Ricoh/Pentax has announced that they’re working on designing new film cameras. This video has the details:
In summary, they recognize the demand for film cameras, and that there are only a very few new film cameras available. Meanwhile older cameras have service and spare parts constraints.
They have started making a concerted effort to have older and retired engineers with film camera knowledge teach younger engineers so the knowledge isn’t lost.
They will start with a compact 35mm camera, then a premium compact, then an SLR, with their ultimate goal being to eventually produce a fully mechanical SLR.
I think this news was inevitable, but also I’m very excited about it. I don’t use Pentax gear (except for the Auto 110), but I will 100% buy what they come out with just to support the good people doing the work to make this happen.
I don't know, but I do know that to indicate "damaged with many problems" in japanese, you just need to write "EXC+3"
Wow, that is really good news!
Go Pentax, go!
Not these numerous scams and total rip-offs by dishonest tiny film or used camera shops, who just want to exploit new, uneducated film shooters with their repackaged film scams.
If Pentax is considering going back to film camera production, that is really very positive and significant for the whole film community. And if they are successful, others will follow.
Well, Leica has been very successfully produced film cameras for years, and has introduced two new film cameras (M-A and M6new).
And I think that has been an encouraging signal to Pentax, too.
This tickles!
Richo/Pentax has shown they're willing to go out on a limb in the past. I hope they make something like a Mju mk1. Simple with a fast high quality lens.
"all they have to do is".....
Nope. It's really not that simple, as others have explained. Old knowledge dies quickly. Just look how fast the change from cine cameras to camcorders killed the super 8 camera market and within a decade it was practically impossible to make a new super 8 camera. Look how Logmar/Kodak have spent years trying. Canon were the last mainstream manufacturer and were approached in the late 90s and they explained that even then they had no blueprints, no parts, no tooling, nobody in the company left who had designed super 8 cameras.
Look at cassette decks. All the major players from a market that was ubiquitous from the 1960s into the early 2000s have been asked and NONE can manufacture a hi-fi cassette deck. Not a single one. The knowledge has all gone. The tooling has all gone. There are no blueprints. There is not the ability to reverse engineer a 90s cassette deck because nobody in the world makes certain parts.
Pentax are probably the best placed to do this because they kept their blueprints. They've reached out to retired engineers and clearly have a culture where the younger engineers respect their elders allowing them to work together. It will take a few years, no doubt. And in that time I full expect people to demand news and ask monthly where the "promised" new Pentax is. The fact is that in the video, the chap says they may not succeed. But they're seriously trying, and that is to be supported.
This does, for sure, add to the evidence that there's some sort of film revival going on.
But it's just a fad. Nothing to see. Going to fade out any time now. Any time. Just you watch. Going to fade out. Mark my words.
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