Hallo, hier eine Stellungnahme von Minolta UK:
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ZITATThank you for your email, enquiring about the possibility of a digital SLR camera, to accept existing Minolta AF lenses and accessories.
Such a camera would certainly be an attractive proposition, and would have a ready-made market among existing Dynax users. However, until very recently the technology level and costs involved have been prohibitive to our core SLR user if a product were released. Essentially the rapid development, and thus constant turnover of products as well as the retail value of these models would not appeal to the mainstream Minolta user.
Minolta has to date produced two interchangeable lens SLR camera bodies. The first was the RD-175, (launched 1997) this camera featured a revolutionary 3 CCD arrangement and used Dynax lenses. The second, the RD-3000 (launched 2000) was also unique in using a pair of 1.5 Million
Pixel CCDs to capture the scene in two halves then stitch the image together within the post capture processing of the camera. This camera used V series lenses, designed for superior image quality when capturing the scene on a smaller chip, or film area, as with the Advanced System Format.
To create a 35mm based digital system that mirrors the image quality with perfect lens compatibility, including reducing or eliminating the magnification factor of the lens focal length is at this time, exceptionally difficult. The Minolta solution to this problem has been to produce the DiMAGE 7 and A series SLR type cameras. These feature a fixed lens covering the most commonly used focal range of 28-200mm.
In more recent years companies such as Canon, Contax, Fujifilm, Kodak, Nikon, Pentax and Sigma have all launched interchangeable 35mm based lenses that attract a particular user whether it be through functionality, quality or price. Indeed the most recent announcements from Canon and Pentax show that the market is ready to broaden its appeal to the non professional user. Therefore the market is now expanding, this in turn means that the technology and costs are stabilising, enabling brands such as Minolta to offer what our customers, in the main, hope to receive.
Minolta is in the process of merging with another longstanding Japanese photographic company, Konica. This will strengthen the brand and company infrastructure. It will be better able to fund the R&D in all areas of digital technology as well as remaining strong in the analogue environment. Please visit http://konicaminolta.net for more details on the unified companies' vision from this point forth.
We are sorry that at this time we are unable to give you a more specific details and facts. If any further information does become available, we will of course publicise it widely through the conventional photo press and through our websites.
Regards,
Paul Genge[/quote]