Pentax is looking at a glorious future

thomascdk · 09-10-2009, 09:32 AM

At least according to Douglas Coupland. From his latest book, Generation A (a near-future novel):

"He held a military-grade Pentax capable of snapping three hundred 2-gig photos per second".

ilya80 · 09-10-2009, 11:48 AM

Nice one!

Wonder if the guy is among us.

PNTXFTW12 · 09-10-2009, 12:28 PM

any blurryphoto shots of a pre-production model?

Mr Hyde · 09-10-2009, 12:48 PM

Originally posted by thomascdk

At least according to Douglas Coupland. From his latest book, Generation A (a near-future novel):

"He held a military-grade Pentax capable of snapping three hundred 2-gig photos per second".

and once it's released a few people here and at least one blogger will find boat loads of things to complain about Justified or not

jptreen · 09-10-2009, 12:55 PM

aah, but nobody will buy it because even though it'll be half the price of the Canon, the Canon will take 309 2.1gig photos every 0.96 seconds and any other camera will be pointlessly rubbish.

ll_coffee_lP · 09-10-2009, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by Mr Hyde

and once it's released a few people here and at least one blogger will find boat loads of things to complain about Justified or not

Absolutely - because the Nikon military grade camera would be able to take 400 frames a second and in real world amateur/semi-pro usage that would matter and be worth arguing about.

c[_]

johnmflores · 09-10-2009, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by thomascdk

At least according to Douglas Coupland. From his latest book, Generation A (a near-future novel):

"He held a military-grade Pentax capable of snapping three hundred 2-gig photos per second".

Too bad it's APS-C...

WheresWaldo · 09-10-2009, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by johnmflores

Too bad it's APS-C...

Here is the first funny comment in this whole thread!

gazonk · 09-10-2009, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by Mr Hyde

and once it's released a few people here and at least one blogger will find boat loads of things to complain about Justified or not

And dpreview will give it a "Highly Recommended (but only if you shoot raw)" because the default JPEG output is slightly soft when viewed on a 100' high house wall at 1' distance.

PolishMike · 09-10-2009, 04:51 PM

Can you image the noise on ~300 megapixel APS-C?

Also, I'm assuming that's 300FPS in manual focus? Does it drop to 1.5 when in continuous AF? I like my science fiction to be at lest remotely realistic...

KungPOW · 09-10-2009, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by PolishMike

Can you image the noise on ~300 megapixel APS-C?

Also, I'm assuming that's 300FPS in manual focus? Does it drop to 1.5 when in continuous AF? I like my science fiction to be at lest remotely realistic...

Coupland just might be exagerating here...

I have yet to read the book, so this is just a guess.

PolishMike · 09-10-2009, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by KungPOW

Coupland just might be exagerating here...

I have yet to read the book, so this is just a guess.

Oh, I'm sure the author is being just as serious as my comment was

**Rondec** · 09-10-2009, 06:54 PM

I would get one, but I think I would find it irritating to delete 299 photos when I only intended to take one.

Spock · 09-10-2009, 07:07 PM

'military grade'?

xhanatos · 09-10-2009, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by Spock

'military grade'?

depleted uranium :ugh:

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Mr Hyde Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: NJ, USA Posts: 760	Originally posted by thomascdk At least according to Douglas Coupland. From his latest book, Generation A (a near-future novel): "He held a military-grade Pentax capable of snapping three hundred 2-gig photos per second". and once it's released a few people here and at least one blogger will find boat loads of things to complain about Justified or not

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jptreen Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: "around" Posts: 116	aah, but nobody will buy it because even though it'll be half the price of the Canon, the Canon will take 309 2.1gig photos every 0.96 seconds and any other camera will be pointlessly rubbish.

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johnmflores Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somerville, NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,361	Originally posted by thomascdk At least according to Douglas Coupland. From his latest book, Generation A (a near-future novel): "He held a military-grade Pentax capable of snapping three hundred 2-gig photos per second". Too bad it's APS-C...

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WheresWaldo Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Carolina Photos: Gallery Posts: 498	Originally posted by johnmflores Too bad it's APS-C... Here is the first funny comment in this whole thread!

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gazonk Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Oslo area, Norway Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,746	Originally posted by Mr Hyde and once it's released a few people here and at least one blogger will find boat loads of things to complain about Justified or not And dpreview will give it a "Highly Recommended (but only if you shoot raw)" because the default JPEG output is slightly soft when viewed on a 100' high house wall at 1' distance.

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PolishMike Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 150	Can you image the noise on ~300 megapixel APS-C? Also, I'm assuming that's 300FPS in manual focus? Does it drop to 1.5 when in continuous AF? I like my science fiction to be at lest remotely realistic...

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KungPOW Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,699	Originally posted by PolishMike Can you image the noise on ~300 megapixel APS-C? Also, I'm assuming that's 300FPS in manual focus? Does it drop to 1.5 when in continuous AF? I like my science fiction to be at lest remotely realistic... Coupland just might be exagerating here... I have yet to read the book, so this is just a guess.

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PolishMike Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 150	Originally posted by KungPOW Coupland just might be exagerating here... I have yet to read the book, so this is just a guess. Oh, I'm sure the author is being just as serious as my comment was

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Rondec Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gladys, Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 27,650	I would get one, but I think I would find it irritating to delete 299 photos when I only intended to take one.

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Spock Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Perth, Western Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 674	'military grade'?

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xhanatos Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 379	Originally posted by Spock 'military grade'? depleted uranium :ugh: