Yup. Read that a few places. The Contax N bombed because of image quality
problems. If only...
Rick
--- On Mon, 9/29/08, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have
> forgotten it.
>
> Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said
> the *FIRST* FF
> DSLR was Pentax's MZ-D 6MP prototype shown at Photokina
> and PMA in 2001.
>
> First PRODUCTION FF DSLR was the Contax N Digital, using
> the same
> Phillips CCD image chip.
>
> Pentax canceled the project due to "cost", but
> the article suggested it
> might have been due more to poor image quality that
> didn't meet Pentax's
> standards.
>
> Don't really mean nothin', but it IS Pentax
> related.
>
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