Har! Mr. Belly Cutter indeed! Good one, Valentin!
Len
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:49:18 +0300
"Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I like it!
Don
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Updated: March 30, 2002
----- Original Message -----
From: "Caveman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:38 PM
Subject: Hot breaking news - straight from the horse's
mouth
Here it is:
"Thank you for inquiry. We are striving to please our
clients, and in
this respect, we've already evaluated the possibility of
using the
latest RGBE CCD chip technology available from Sony.
Consistent with our
company's policy, we think that a 1-2 years delay in
releasing our first
DSLR is less important than having it up to date with
the latest
technology, leading to a higher degree of customer
satisfaction.
Consequently, we have started to redesign the camera
around the new CCD
chip technology. We will also take advantage of this
deadline extension
to address some other known issues as well. Some minor
ones, like
replacing the USB 1.1 port with a more current 2.0 one,
but also some
fundamental ones like the further refining of the lens
mount. Working
together with our most advanced client we concluded that
backward
compatibility is a non issue, and it would be
prefferable to use a small
but good selection of zoom lenses, specially taylored to
fit digital's
needs. We eventually decided that the focus shaft will
be relocated to
the bottom of the lens mount, where it fits more
conveniently and would
allow for a simplified mechanism with less parts, and
also permitting an
economy of $0.24 per unit. An extra electrical contact
will be placed in
the former place of the focus shaft, allowing for a
later to be
implemented advanced protocol for data transmission
between the lens and
the camera. The side effect - of making the F(A) lenses
being usable
only in manual focus mode - will be of no important
consequence, since
metering would also not be available with this series,
and the FA-D
series of zooms that will replace them will offer
astounding performance
when compared to any lenses designed for film camera. Of
course, for our
advanced customers, we will also introduce a FA-D
Limited series of
primes, designed with bokeh in mind, which will further
enhance the
highly acclaimed 3-D effect of bright-edge bokeh. In
order to further
please our customers, we will also make these lenses in
black finish,
which will be available in US with the silver finish
camera bodies (the
silver finish lenses and black cameras will be reserved
for the Japanese
market only).
I hope this has answered all your questions and
addressed your concerns
regarding the future developments in our camera and lens
lines.
Sincerely your,
M. Harakiri"
