[PMA] Predictions

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What do you hope, desire or expect from this year's PMA?





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"Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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"Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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> What do you hope, desire or expect from this year's PMA?

I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate. I
also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
finished.

If not PMA, then Photokina.

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Martin Francis wrote:

> "Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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>>What do you hope, desire or expect from this year's PMA?
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> I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate. I
> also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
> finished.

Recently somebody posted a French site link with several new Nikon bodies shown
in small phots. Never was clear whether or not it was real or hoax, but looked
real enough.

Cheers,
Alan.

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"Martin Francis" <mcsalty@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Alan Browne" <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote in message
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> > What do you hope, desire or expect from this year's PMA?
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> I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate. I
> also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
> finished.
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> If not PMA, then Photokina.
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Not likely for the Nikon as it's less than a year old. Nikon UK is just
dropping the price to match North America. Possibly a 350D but again it has
a good position as the least expensive dSLR on the market, it has similar
specs to it's competition.

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Alan Browne wrote:

> What do you hope, desire or expect from this year's PMA?

Under hope I would put a CMOS 10 Mpix Konica-Minolta full frame.

Under desire I would put a CMOS 16 Mpix Konica-Milolta full frame.
(Of course under desire, there may be the notion that I can't afford it!).

Under expect, I would not be surprised to see a Maxxum 5D which would have no
A-S and possibly a smaller display. If this were to be, I suspect K-M would
also "de-feature" it in other ways I would find unpalatable.

It would be great if K-M came out with a Maxxum 9D, full metal body (a la Maxxum
9), the large display, oversized viewfinder (say 125% of the sensor area) with
electronic flash-synch (a la Nikon D70) with 8, 10 or 12 Mpix. ISO 50 - 3200.
Non-flash based AF assist ('though I don't use AF very much, when I do, strobe
asists are ugly, distracting and power wasting.

Variations on this theme could include a pelicule approach (no mirror) with 5ms
shutter lag. A full frame sensor (so dispose with the 125% above), etc.

Of course a full frame sensor would require a larger A-S systems so more power
drain, etc. I doubt K-M will ever go full-sized sensor.

Cheers,
Alan



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On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:56:45 -0000, "Martin Francis"
<mcsalty@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate. I
>also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
>finished.
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>If not PMA, then Photokina.

You do realise that Photokina is only held on alternate years and the
next one is in 2006?

That said, the 300D was announced around the time of PMA (September)
but in a year when the show wasn't held, presumably to hit the
Christmas market. I wouldn't be surprised to see the same thing
happen this year, although there have been a few plausible sounding
rumours that around we might see something at PMA. A new Nikon does
seem certain though, although the rumours seem to be divided between a
D50 and a D90, and the spec is anyone's guess...

Personally, I'm quite happy with my EOS 10D and would be more than
satisfied with some nice new lenses to lust after!

Andy

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I second that

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Andy Blanchard wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:56:45 -0000, "Martin Francis"
> <mcsalty@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate. I
>>also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
>>finished.
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>>If not PMA, then Photokina.
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> You do realise that Photokina is only held on alternate years and the
> next one is in 2006?
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> That said, the 300D was announced around the time of PMA (September)

PMA is usually in mid-late February each year.

300D was announced in Aug 2003 so a non-Photokina year and many months ahead of PMA.

Photokina is always in the early autumn (every 2 years).




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Andy Blanchard wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 11:24:20 -0500, Alan Browne
> <alan.browne@freelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
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>>>That said, the 300D was announced around the time of PMA (September)
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>>PMA is usually in mid-late February each year.
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> Sorry, got my shows mixed up. I *meant* to type "the time of
> Photokina (September)", hence the bit about a year when the show
> wasn't held afterward.

No excuses. Shoot youself. ;-)

Cheers,
Alan


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"Martin Francis" <mcsalty@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Andy Blanchard" <andyb@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message
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> > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:56:45 -0000, "Martin Francis"
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> >>I expect a D70 replacement- Nikon UK have just announced a £100 rebate.
I
> >>also expect a 300D/Digital Rebel replacement, as the rebate has just
> >>finished.
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> >>If not PMA, then Photokina.
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> > You do realise that Photokina is only held on alternate years and the
> > next one is in 2006?
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> nope, didn't. whatever do the people of Koln do for the rest of the time?
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Drink German beer?