Hi, > Contax/Zeiss prices have always been ridiculously high and they > are still in the business.
this is not true. When I replaced my stolen Pentax equipment with Contax/Zeiss equipment a couple of years ago my insurance company first offered me Nikon equipment. I didn't like what they offered so I did a straight (or as straight as possible) comparison with equivalent Contax/Zeiss. Although some of the C/Z equipment was more expensive, the Nikon stuff was often more than the C/Z stuff, and in the end the equipment I got - 3 RXs, 11 CZ lenses, a monstrous flash gun and assorted accessories - was over £2,000.00 cheaper than the originally offered Nikon stuff. If you want 'ridiculously high' have a look at Leica. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes" - Marcel Proust Thursday, March 07, 2002, 8:55:57 AM, you wrote: > This is true, however, Contax/Zeiss prices have always been ridiculously high and >they > are still in the business. I would say that the new Contax digital slr is more like > a preview of Contax business intentions in the digital future. They are not going > to sell truckloads of them but the new digital will help them keep their existing > customers happy (knowing that Contax is still going strong, waiting for the next > generation of cheaper digital slr's). I suppose Pentax needs to do the same: come > out with a nice digital slr. While not all will buy it, the existence of such > a beast will attract potential customers (low end) to the brand. Technically, a full >frame > digital slr is very high end and at 6mp the elements of the ccd are pretty > huge too (less noise etc). I am prepared to see wonderful results from such a camera. > Did we not want a full frame Pentax too a while back ? > I am sure a lot of newspaper photographers will be using the new Contax. > Here in Finland the larger newspapers have all gone digital slr. They even > have their photo archives fully digital now (scanned all the old "keeper" negatives). > The reporters can send in their stories (including all pictures) by cellular phones, > from the site of action. > To conclude, I think the Contax digital slr is more like a marketing tool than > a tool for those who don't really need/afford it. > Antti-Pekka - 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 .
