Rob,
Just what is the attraction of a 35mm-sized sensor on digital?
It's much more expensive, both for the body and the lenses (note how much
cheaper the DA macro lenses, for instance, are than the FA lenses). There
are now good wide-angle options.
All the evidence suggests, and has for some time, that Pentax will not in
the near future, and probably never, produce a 24x36mm sensor in the K
mount. If 24x36 is what your heart is set on, buy a Canon.
And for those who say that the market has abandoned the Pentax 645, how
did they ever manage to sell the first 645? There are still huge
quantities of 645 lenses out there, and I for one will bet that as long as
the price and performance are OK, the 645D will be snapped up.
John
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:46:24 -0000, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On 28 Feb 2006 at 16:33, Ryan Brooks wrote:
The 645D is already behind the pro medium format back curve; pro
photographers have left their Pentax MF gear behind.
What amused me ever so slightly was that a new D specific 645 lens was
on the
roadmap. Do they think that the existing glass won't be up to the task,
so much
for their main selling point, remind you of anything? The fact that they
are
intent on delivering a 645D and swinging as far from FF 35mm as possible
still
has my head spinning.
Rob Studdert
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