Keith Whaley wrote: > J. C. O'Connell wrote: > > > I just read/heard in photo magazine > > that Canon is about to release a > > new FF DSLR with 16.6 Mp! Wow! > > > > Looks like the 13 Mp models were > > not king of the hill for very long. > > > > Street price will be around $7K > > > > JCO > > Heh, heh... at $7k, they can remain king of the hill as long as they please!
Yes, I agree, but don't forget that 24x36 DLSR's are the digital medium format, aimed to that same pro customers which bought Hasselblads and 6x7's. When you consider the lenses too, such a system is probably not more expensive than a complete 6x6 or 6x7 outfit. Amateurs, even advanced amateurs who bought 35mm high-end SLR's like many among us, are supposed to replace them with 6-8 Mpix APS-format DLSR's, now under $1.7K. Also, it is interesting to note that the previous co-kings (Kodak 14Mp and Canon 11Mp) were introduced two years ago at Photokina 2002. Another sign of them being top-end pro stuff, not the high-end consumer equipment which is usually superseded each year (while the average consumer stuff lives 6 months or so). Dario
