i am curious: except for -- small 6MP sensor -- mediocre buffer -- lousy viewfinder -- crippled mount is there anything else that a "pro" or high end camera would need to change? i would imagine that the first two limitations shouldn't cost a fortune to fix. the finder and the mount might be trickier, but i doubt that's something that's waaay out of their reach. the higher pixel count competition (except for canon) is $5K D2X (APS) and $800K Oly Evolt (even smaller sensor, even smaller buffer, even less backward compatibility). it looks like at this point pentax is squarely in the middle of the pack and only canon is definitely far ahead. to me, it looks like concentration of efforts on 645D and the new lenses is the right thing to do at this time.
not that i would mind having a pentax 16MP FF camera with 100% 1x finder for $1000 :) best, mishka On 6/2/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2 Jun 2005 at 14:00, Pål Jensen wrote: > > > Certainly not. Making a high-emd body for Pentax makes no sense at present > > as > > virtually no one would buy one. Sure, they could make a body somewhat higher > > than the *istD but thats about it at present. The only high-end Pentax have > > any > > hope to be a player is in digital MF. Pentax didn't even see the need to > > have a > > high-end 35mm film body after 1980. A high-end DSLR cost several magnitudes > > more > > to develop than, say, an LX replacement with much smaller sales. Very few > > first > > time Pentax DSLR buyers would buy a high-end DSLR. Hence, they need to have > > a > > DSLR customer base installed before higher end model are being released. > > I don't know where you think all the high roller digital MF buyers are going > to > appear from? Personally I think that Pentax would now benefit by introducing a > higher spec'd 35mm DSLR. The *ist D/Ds have introduced a lot of people to > Pentax, my guess is that a goodly proportion of these buyers are well heeled > geek types who would just love to be able to get their hands on a new > pro/semi- > pro spec'd body. Leave it too late and Pentax will miss the boat. Pity it's > near impossible to find anything but a handful of lenses too. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > >
