May be, but relative comparisons like that don't necessarially fly with those holding the purse strings.
I just can't see Hoya management, more pragmatic than the former Pentax mgmt., going down a risky road with a 645D. Tom C. On 10/19/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So did Mamiya. Pentax is a lot more healthy. > > -Adam > > Tom C wrote: > > Pentax basically ignored the 35mm market for several decades and did > > have a respectable MF presence. Where has that gotten them to today? > > > > > > Tom C. > > > >> From: jtainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > >> To: "pdml@pdml.net" <pdml@pdml.net> > >> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s) > >> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:18:18 -0600 (GMT-06:00) > >> > >> "645 bodies and lenses are gone from the Pentaximaging web site. If the > >> 645d does return it will be a large scale "New" Product introduction. > >> Something I don't think Pentax has the chutzpah to carry off. Nor do I > >> think they have the production capacity to meet any kind of real demand > >> for new 645 lenses. Hell they can't even keep up with demand for K mount > >> lenses." > >> > >> All true, but B&H still list a number of 645 lenses, most in stock. > > Pentax's immediate challenge would be some normal and wide-angle 645 > > lenses, and they already have a new normal lens on the lens map. > >> Joe > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
