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04/22/2006 12:41:27 AM · #1 |
//www.engadget.com/2006/04/21/mamiya-apparently-bailing-on-camera-biz/
not surprised I guess but still bummed. Their ZD hasn't been doin so hot and they used most of their resources in R&D for it. The date of the buyout is september but it's pretty much official.
Are hasselblad and rollei the only medium format digital camera makers now? I thought I heard pentax was gonna step to it. |
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04/22/2006 01:10:09 AM · #2 |
yeah, pentax has a new one out, i thnk its 18 MP.
sounds like a bunch of companies are gonna be joining the digita l photo market too though, companies like big companies, i think walmart has something brewing!
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04/22/2006 01:14:38 AM · #3 |
all the big electronics companies want to jump into the digital camera market. not just point and shoots either. they are looking into slrs as well.
it's all over the internet and in magazines. i think POP photo has an article on it in their latest issue. |
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04/22/2006 01:47:00 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by petrakka:
Are hasselblad and rollei the only medium format digital camera makers now? I thought I heard pentax was gonna step to it. |
What about Phase One and Leaf digital backs? |
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04/22/2006 01:53:20 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:
yeah, pentax has a new one out, i thnk its 18 MP.
-Dan |
I believe it's scheduled for release in conjuntion with Photokina later this year. Depending on which source you believe it's either an 18MP or a 22MP body. One Pentax executive recently referred to it as a 22mpixel MF body.
cheers,
bazz.
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04/22/2006 10:27:35 AM · #6 |
| bump for morning cuz i thought this was kind of a big deal... |
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04/22/2006 11:44:13 AM · #7 |
What happened to Bronica? Did they hang it up too, or where they part of Konica?
I have an old Mamiya C220. It was/is a great camera. |
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04/22/2006 01:27:50 PM · #8 |
| Actually, the latest post in the original engadget thread claims the company is just being sold and the cameras will continue in full force by the new owner. Hope so, it would be a loss of a pretty unique product line otherwise. |
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