On 13/01/2010, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, the extra 8 grand to afford the 645D is *just* a > fantasy for me and most others. (And the "additional cost of new > lenses" factor with the 645D is even bigger than with FF 35mm.) I can > afford $2000 for 25-or-so megapixels in a 35mm-class body. Only the > additional cost of the 24-70/2.8 Zeiss is stopping me now :)
I'm sure this is the truth for 95% of the people who want the 645D, there's no way I could justify the cost but I could pull a rabbit out of the hat for a FF DSLR. I'd bet that a large number of Pentax DSLR owners who currently poo poo the idea of a FF Pentax DSLR would end up purchasing one if it were available because it will be far more attainable than the 645D. No one needs to make excuses for Pentax, they can work out how to do it because it needs to be done. The 645D has been a monumental waste of development capital let alone an industry joke given its repeated lack of appearance. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
