---- eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: > I often push around in my head the idea of a fully modular camera and > so consider the Ricoh GXR a huge step in the right direction. I have > tons of ideas, I think I should/will write to Pentax...
Tell them to call it the LXD. > > 2010/2/23 paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net>: > > > > On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tom C wrote: > > > >> Hear that Pentax? No need to go higher, do R&D, develop new products > >> that keep up with the competition. > >> > >> Oh, you already knew that? Excuse me. > >> > > But thanks for helping make that clear. However, further advances in APS > > will be welcome. > > Paul > > > > > >> Tom C. > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:51 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Don't know about Paul, but I cvertainly would. If I were shooting > >>> Nikon I wouldn't feel the need for a D3x; for Canon I wouldn't see > >>> any point in paying through the nose for a 1Ds Mark whatever. > >>> > >>> I buy cameras that will do the job I need, not because they are the > >>> (current) top-of-the-line. And 14Mp is more pixels than I need; > >>> in fact the K10D (and, occasionally, the good old *ist-D) have more > >>> than enough pixels for nearly anything I want. Buying a camera just > >>> because somebody has stuck a "flagship" label on it is ridiculous. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:29:16PM -0700, Tom C wrote: > >>>> Paul, > >>>> > >>>> Respectfully, if Pentax came out with a 21MP or 24MP digital body in > >>>> FF similar to a Canon EOS 5D MKII or Nikon D3x in basic > >>>> specifications, are you saying you would not find or suspect it to be > >>>> a superior product to their current 14.6MP flagship? And that given > >>>> the option to go with what would likely be viewed as their top of the > >>>> line in the size factor, that you would choose a lesser model? > >>>> > >>>> Tom C. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:02 PM, paul stenquist > >>>> <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>>>> I have not intention of going FF. With my DA* lenses, the K7 delivers > >>>>> all the quality I need. I've been selling some 24 x 30 prints, and the > >>>>> detail and sharpness are excellent. I hope Pentax continues to play a > >>>>> lead role in APS format. Their lens development strategy indicates that > >>>>> this exactly what is planned. > >>>>> Paul > >>>>> On Feb 22, 2010, at 8:37 PM, Tom C wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I understand exactly what Boris is saying. ?If a 35mm sensor is 1.5x > >>>>>> that of an APS-C sensor, then given the same pixel density, one can > >>>>>> expect a significant increase in resolution using a FF 35mm sensor > >>>>>> over an APS-C sensor. Many people already have the 35mm lenses. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I don't buy the digital lens superiority over those that were made for > >>>>>> 35mm film systems. ?Maybe there are some benefits here and there, at > >>>>>> certain f-stops but I've been getting great results with FF lenses on > >>>>>> digital bodies. Yes I know it's with the sweet spot of the lens, and > >>>>>> yes I know about chromatic aberration and vignetting with FF, and of > >>>>>> course the noise issue with increased pixel count overall. ?As far as > >>>>>> I'm concerned those all are excuses made when when one doesn't have a > >>>>>> full FF body to offer to go along with a complement of FF lenses. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There's a good reason why other mfrs have a FF body in their lineup. > >>>>>> Specifically, Nikon, Canon and Sony do not have a sensor to offer that > >>>>>> is > 35mm FF format. ?So the 35mm FF format allows their user base to > >>>>>> realize an increase in resolution over APS-C that is significant and > >>>>>> detectable in tests, using their existing lenses and presumed > >>>>>> purchases of new FF lenses. Those mfrs have not been unsuccessful with > >>>>>> these products. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I wager if Pentax came out with a FF 35mm format body, virtually every > >>>>>> single person claiming they were perfectly satisfied with APS-C and > >>>>>> could afford it, would jump to FF, in much the same manner that many > >>>>>> did not need anything greater than a 6MP DSLR before there was > >>>>>> anything better offered by Pentax. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Tom C. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi > >>>>>> <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> Nothing wrong with a bigger sensor and more pixels. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> That said, I have no urge to change from what I'm using now. 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