On May 19, 2012, at 1:55 AM, Tom C wrote: > > The real driver is $$$ which = survival. Some have pondered 'who needs > a camera with more MP?'. No one truly NEEDS it.
[A bunch of reasonable argument snipped here.] > If Pentax (or any other camera manufacturer) does not continue to > innovate and generate new WANTS, what will happen to them? > > Tom C. > > (If a customer already has a ##MP camera, how many more ##MP cameras > is the customer likely to purchase?) When I went from Nikkormat to OM-1 to ME-Super to LX to PZ-1p to LX to MZ-S, I never got an increase in MP for my money. But I bought anyway because I did get an increase in metering reliability, improvements in focusing, ease of handling, etc. I don't know off hand how many MP my K20D has, but I would not hesitate to buy a newer model with the same MP if I could get better low-light performance, particularly WRT AF. I take the general point you and others are making: many/most purchasers don't know what they are doing, and they will be overly impressed by whatever facts and figures the advertisers and sales persons are throwing out. But the MP arms race will peak soon, if it hasn't already. stan -- 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.
