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New DSLR from Pentax
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Well, I take a day off from everything to celebrate my birthday, and look what happens! Pentax have announced a new digital SLR camera, the Pentax *ist D, and a new wide angle lens, the smc PENTAX-FA J Zoom 18-35mm F4-5.6 AL. Pentax has also been developing lenses compatible with the new digital SLR camera. Pentax aims to launch these in Fall 2003.
See all 6 views of the Pentax *ist D and read the Press Release
“The lens-interchangeable *ist D digital SLR camera. With the clarity of 6.1 effective megapixels, a pentaprism viewfinder, and a 1.8 inch LCD monitor, the *ist D will feature one of the world’s smallest, lightest camera bodies in the digital SLR category. The *ist D will officially launch in July 2003.”
Other notable features include a 16-segment metering system which achieves more accurate exposure, 11-point AF sensor, fast 1/4000 sec. shutter speed and high-speed flash sync at 1/150 sec and continuous shooting at approx. 2.7 fps.
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#1 Ed Garrard
Finally! I had hoped for a full-frame chip, but I won't be that picky. At least it's a digital body. Now all my 30-years-worth of lenses won't become obsolete. Thank you, Pentax, for letting me keep my investment! If only Olympus could see the light about the OM mount. (Or somebody would make an adapter...)
9:20 am - Sunday, March 2, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
Rumour has it that Olympus may be announcing a DSLR soon...Not sure if it'll be able to take older lenses or not though.
3:33 pm - Sunday, March 2, 2003
#3 Mark Goldstein
LetsGoDigital has posted some pictures of the Pentax *ist D from the PMA show:
http://www.letsgodigital.nl/webpages/events/PMA-2003/news/pentax/IST_uk.html
3:54 pm - Sunday, March 2, 2003
#4 Ed Garrard
I have read about the Olympus DSLR, also. It seems to be based on the smaller chip they share with Kodak(?), with pen-sized bodies and lenses, not the OM size.
3:19 pm - Monday, March 3, 2003
#5 Mark Goldstein
Yep, that's the one, the Olympus E System...
1:47 pm - Tuesday, March 4, 2003
#6 Tom Morris
I want one! I want one! To render all my spending on K-mount lenses worthwhile...
7:59 pm - Sunday, March 30, 2003
#7 Mark Goldstein
You will have to wait until July
9:46 pm - Sunday, March 30, 2003