[Foto] Re: uj Nikon bajonett?

[Zabb Csaba]

Megegy velemeny, csak tovabbitom:


1. The source

The source is Color Foto. Color Foto is a highly regarded, very
conservative German photomagazine. It is one of the two biggest
photomagazine in Germany with over 60000 sold items per month. In the
past 10 years, Color Foto only announced so called serious rumours,
when it is 99.9% sure that it is true, but officially they were not
allowed to say that it is confirmed. Since the article is on the very
first page (a full page about it) in the editorial page, they would
risk a lot just telling untrue things.

2. It is not the question whether the current lens mount is big enough
to COVER the 35mm area. The question is what kind of image quality you
get in the corners with the current lens mount size. There is a very
interesting thread on the Contaxinfo.com site about this and the
official pdf download from Olympus is explaining this with pictures in
detail. Look for details on the olympusinfo.com page:

http://www.olympusinfo.com/seiten/downloads.htm

3. There is also in Color Foto the mentioning of a new Nikon Digital
camera this year with the current lens mount with 6MP and below the
price of the D100. But since this is the name of the game (to
introduce almost each year a better model for less money), we did NOT
mention this specifically as long as we do not have detailed
information what it will look like.

Nigel,

regarding the Kodak, I am still sceptical. I have not read yet
anything extremely positive about it except an average recomendation
on dpreview. Time will tell whether the number of pixel itself
guarantess excellent image quality.

And IMHO I do not believe that a niche market player like Contax is
risking to loose its costumers by introducing a new lens mount, if
there would not have been significant advantages compared to the old
one.

Also the fact that Nikon did not yet said anything about plans with a
full frame chip even after 9 months of "Canon 1ds marketing success"
makes me cautious...

So with the current information available, there is absolutely no
reason NOT to believe this.

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