On 30/12/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't imagine why the 645D wouldn't surface. It's in the pipeline, > and a lot of well-connected people consider it a foregone conclusion. > Pentax now has more resources than they ever did. This camera will > make a statement. I know from your past comments that you weren't > expecting a camera with K10D specs for $900 either. We'll see a 22 > megapixel 645D for $5000. Of course you will then say that because > it's underpriced, it's the death knoll of Pentax. Your bleak outlook > grows weary at times.
I was surprised about the price-point of the K10D not the function set (apart from the ridiculous claims about the benefits of the 22bit ADC), and I really still don't understand why they priced it as they did. However the competition obviously aren't too perturbed that Pentax maybe encroaching on their market (maybe because they aren't), they seem to be maintaining their higher pricing and still making sales and obviously far greater profits. The merger/takeover by Hoya may even see the photographic component of Pentax sold off as a going concern, we don't know. But I would be surprised that if, after the likely rationalizations post merger, the P645D project is continued. In any case just like you I'm entitled to speculate, only time will tell. And with respect to your comments about my "bleak outlook" I prefer to consider it practical, being an engineer I tend to think this way, I don't see through rosy marketing glasses. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
