Not all that well, they're even further behind in producing a high mp replacement for their original pro/flagship model than Pentax is. Rumor is that they're having noise problems with that little sensor that are un-acceptable on a Pro body when they try to pack it with 10mp or more.
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >On Sat, 14 Oct 2006, William Robb wrote: > > > >>From: "Digital Image Studio" >>Subject: Re: Thoughts on the digital format. Re: The JCO survey >> >> >> >> >>>On 14/10/06, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>Then the legacy will be a register distance that was designed to >>>accommodate 35mm FF image area and lenses that mos likely aren't >>>optimal for the APS DSLR format. IE one big compromise. What I'm >>>interested to see is how the manufacturers will sell the next gen >>>cameras give than in all reality APS sized sensors are at 12MP IOW as >>>dense as is practical WRT lens technology and minimum photo site size. >>>Should be interesting. >>> >>> >>By rights, they should have introduced a whole new lens line with a >>shorter register difference. I imagine that they both knew how that >>would have gone over with the present user base, and didn't have the >>financial resources to do it. >>A compromise on several levels. >> >> > >Didn't Olympus do that with the 4/3? How are they doing? > >Kostas > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net