Mamiya is in bad shape currently anyway. 2007/2/25, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Mark Roberts wrote: > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > >> The MZ-D didn't last nearly this long. And there was good reason to > >> abandon it. > > > > True. And if it's not just being shown under glass this time it's a > > very good sign. I think the major reason for the delay has been the > > pixel count escalation necessitated by high end 35mm-class cameras. > > With Canon reportedly going to 22MP with the 1Ds-III, anything under > > 20MP is going to be regarded as "35mm class" despite the huge noise > > advantages medium format is going to have. Silly, but that's human > > nature (and marketing) for you. > > > > That and Hassy going to 30+MP on its setups. Since the 645D is a > integrated back design, Pentax needed to be able to compete with the > H3D-31. Mamiya doesn't so much because they do both the integrated (ZD) > and modular (645AFDII) solutions. > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >
-- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
