i think Pentax is going to have trouble delivering an upgrade. announcing it
at PMA next year isn't when they are going to deliver one. the 645D isn't
visible yet and i don't think they are going to make their schedule, which
is going to be around PMA next year. Mamiya isn't. i think next summer is
the earliest and probably more like fall before anyone can get their hands
on one. while that is happening, that's effort diverted from the *istD line.
building a new 35mm-type body with more real features is a lot harder than
taking one and removing them. if all Pentax does is take the best specs of
each of the *istD series and put an 8MP sensor on, it's hardly worth it to
anyone that already has a current body. it needs quite a bit better AF, more
like a 10MP sensor, much larger memory buffer, and faster FPS.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: Pentax Profits Fall 42%
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Herb Chong wrote:
the investment would be a mistake if you think you ever want to upgrade
camera bodies.
Now, you have to give us some facts as to why Pentax will go belly up
before the -D successor comes out (next spring, is the timeline?), or the
above is mere shite.
