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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:54 am    Post subject: Photokina 2008 Reply with quote
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/photokina2008/

"...there will be more digital SLRs with full frame (36 x 24 mm) sensors than any previous show, and they will cost much less than they have at any time in the past."

For the FF I predict 5D successor, 1D successor and the Sony's flagship, A900. No Pentax news though Sad


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:02 am    Post subject: Re: Photokina 2008 Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:

For the FF I predict 5D successor


The lastest rumours about it is it features 21+ MP, new digic 4 processor that can be pushed up to something like 12800 ISO, gapless sensor, and a weaker AA filter that is supposed to completely disappear when digic 5 processor will be ready... Shocked


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It looks like as if I will be able to tell you first hand.
My headmaster has allowed me one day off to go to the Photokina for our school. Very Happy
And Sigma gave me a free ticket. Very Happy Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
It looks like as if I will be able to tell you first hand.
My headmaster has allowed me one day off to go to the Photokina for our school. Very Happy
And Sigma gave me a free ticket. Very Happy Very Happy


That's great. You might have the opportunity to photograph (if it's allowed) and make a Protokina '80 "mfLenses" reportage .


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten absolutely has to make a report for us! Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten wrote:
My headmaster has allowed me one day off to go to the Photokina for our school

don't go their with one of your AF plastic zoom
bring some nice glass in white alloy to show them what quality and beauty is


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
poilu wrote:
Carsten wrote:
My headmaster has allowed me one day off to go to the Photokina for our school

don't go their with one of your AF plastic zoom
bring some nice glass in white alloy to show them what quality and beauty is


I second that. YOU will become the star of the show!
Imagine all the people at Canon booth ignoring the 5DMkII to stare at the Sonnar 4/135 mounted on your camera! Wink


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing

I guess I will bring the Sigma 17-70 and mount it when I come to the Sigma stand. Wink They have given me a free ticket! So I owe that to them. Razz

Otherwise, I expect the light to be pretty bad, so I of course will bring fast primes rather than sluggish zoom lenses. Laughing

Thanks for the idea with the silver lens. That's good. It might be the silver Tair-11 2.8/133 which can easily be seen and looks like heavy metal! Shocked

Perhaps, I even bring my Yashica Electro 35 GS in oder to really shock them. Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:
It looks like as if I will be able to tell you first hand.
My headmaster has allowed me one day off to go to the Photokina for our school. Very Happy
And Sigma gave me a free ticket. Very Happy Very Happy


That's great. You might have the opportunity to photograph (if it's allowed) and make a Protokina '80 "mfLenses" reportage .


That would be a weird thing: a photography fair where it is not allowed to take photos. Laughing


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
YOU will become the star of the show!
Imagine all the people at Canon booth ignoring the 5DMkII to stare at the Sonnar 4/135 mounted on your camera! Wink


Just imagine, somewhere in the internet, a photo showing a weird guy with an old, silver Russian lens mounted to his 40D surrounded by a bunch of other photographers who try to hide their white "L"-lenses. Laughing Laughing


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten
We are all consumed with jealousy - so how did you get an invite from Sigma? They usually have a guy from Switzerland there - I can't remember his name - but he is the guru (amateur) of the SD range and they put up a lot of his prints. You absolutely have to carry at least one MF lens to show them who rules.


patrickh


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
Just imagine, somewhere in the internet, a photo showing a weird guy with an old, silver Russian lens mounted to his 40D surrounded by a bunch of other photographers who try to hide their white "L"-lenses. Laughing Laughing

Love it! Very Happy Have a great day Carsten.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
check also the new Sony a900 with 24.6 Mega Pixel Full Frame
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=556627


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Carsten, you should go there wearing the MF Lenses Forum T-Shirt !


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
poilu wrote:
check also the new Sony a900 with 24.6 Mega Pixel Full Frame
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=556627


seems true http://www.photographybay.com/2008/09/04/first-sony-a900-ad-leaked/


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:
poilu wrote:
check also the new Sony a900 with 24.6 Mega Pixel Full Frame
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=556627


seems true http://www.photographybay.com/2008/09/04/first-sony-a900-ad-leaked/


24.6 MP, 100% viewfinder and IS built in camera, all this sounds great, unfortunately, it can not mount my lenses Sad


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
Carsten, you should go there wearing the MF Lenses Forum T-Shirt !


That's true, Orio. I should order one from spreadshirts (see "T-shirt" link in my sig).

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
patrickh wrote:
We are all consumed with jealousy - so how did you get an invite from Sigma?


Because of my 17-70 I am a registered Sigma user (which includes a 3-year-guarantee as well).
I got a message that Sigma started a "lottery" in which you could win a Photokina ticket. Well, I won... Very Happy


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
montecarlo wrote:
poilu wrote:
check also the new Sony a900 with 24.6 Mega Pixel Full Frame
http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=556627


seems true http://www.photographybay.com/2008/09/04/first-sony-a900-ad-leaked/


24.6 MP, 100% viewfinder and IS built in camera, all this sounds great, unfortunately, it can not mount my lenses Sad


Yes , you could, at least some of them and if there would exist adapters for them. I know that for M42 and T mount exists . Minolta A mount has a registered distance of 44.5mm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_AF
Still, I don't know if the stabiliser works with non-Minolta A lenses.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:

Yes , you could, at least some of them and if there would exist adapters for them. I know that for M42 and T mount exists . Minolta A mount has a registered distance of 44.5mm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_AF
Still, I don't know if the stabiliser works with non-Minolta A lenses.


But now I shoot almost exclusively with C/Y lenses.
The only other lenses that still get some use are the Flektogons, Tessars, and MIRs. Too few to justify the expense for a camera - and actually I will have to proceed with further lens sales

Around Christmas if disasters don't happen (our government of Philistines has announced the introduction of new taxes - as most taxed country in the EU we really felt the need of that...) I plan to buy a second digital body - I will choose which one depending on how much I'll be able to afford to spend - but in any case it must be compatible with C/Y lenses.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I really hope Nikon would blast all expectations and surprise us with introducing no more tourist zooms or software-updated point-and-shoots - I really wish they'd stir water by introducing a purpose-designed digital SLR capable of scuba diving to at least 30m. A digital Nikonos with dedicated fisheye/28/50/85 lense range (existing lenses with uw mods) would rock my world more than a fast prime update to the 28/50/85 lenses ever could.

Back in the days, Nikonos ruled the oceans. Today, for a housing without dome, I have to pay more than I paid for my D3 body to dive with it Sad


PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nikon M(X)edium format http://www.photographybay.com/2008/09/04/nikon-mx-format/ ???


PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:
Nikon M(X)edium format http://www.photographybay.com/2008/09/04/nikon-mx-format/ ???


Wow!
Well in fact it had to be expected sooner or later. It's just the natural evolution.
I expect the price tag, however, to be out of reach for most amateurs for at least a few years.


PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
First the head came out http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08090501somethingcanon.asp I wonder if it's boy or a girl Laughing


PostPosted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
montecarlo wrote:
First the head came out http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08090501somethingcanon.asp I wonder if it's boy or a girl Laughing


Laughing They know how to tease people!
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