You know the real people who seem to be benefitting from this digital whatnot are Sigma. This is all due to the smaller sensors. Apparently none of the camera manufacturers make any money out of the bodies, but Sigma sell s**tloads of wide angle lenses now.
I keep reading user reviews which say they couldnt afford the OEM version, but the Sigma is great. They dont have the development costs for doing anything digitalwise, they just make cheap wide angles and super wide angles which people need. The OEM versions are soo expensive that the manufacturers MUST be losing lens business as well as not making enough money on the bodies to cover the development costs. If pentax brings out a 'non-full-frame' digital SLR, how many people will be buying the Sigma 15mm, or the 17-35mm, or the 15.30mm? PEntax is either too expensive or they dont have a wide enough competitor, so they will lose lens sales. For this reason I think they should have waited until they could do full frame. I want an FA24/2, but I am not spending that much for what will be a 35mm equivalent!! Never mind the number of pixels (to a degree), BUT GIVE US FULL FRAME!!! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
