Surely you jest!!! If all my lenses are rendered manual focus only, I won't be hanging around for too long...
Cheers Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Vic, 3658 Mob: 0414-967 644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.heritageservices.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Albano Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2003 7:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hot breaking news - straight from the horse's mouth LOL!!!! Regards Albano --- Caveman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" > > ===== Albano Garcia "El Pibe Asahi" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
