Stan, I spent my share of time behind the glass in focus groups and as part of Marketing at MickeyD's. It sounded like a 'kiss-off' to me.
I am happy with the K-5 and K-5IIs, but still miss my wide angles. And I'd like a long autofocus telephoto for less than $5K. And how about a AF2X and AF1.4X for my older glass. Please hurry with those Santa... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Sad to read the position on full frame for Pentax. >> Without the hope of it, I might as well switch to Canon. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't think this has been discussed here yet but perhaps, given that >>> this is the Pentax Discuss Mailing List, it is worthy list fodder: >>> http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/features/an-interview-with-pentax-evp-jim-malcolm >>> -- >>> "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - >>> Peter Galassi >>> > > Thanks for the link Darren. Bob, I will be optimistic in my interpretation of > Malcom's comments. You could say that he will recommend de-emphasizing FF > because some current users are happy with the current APS-C and don't see a > reason to switch. Or, you could say that he will take this feedback as an > indication that a) current users are pleased with the IQ etc. that they are > getting, b) current users may not be the target audience for a Pentax FF, and > therefore c) marketing of the soon-to-be-delivered FF should target > brand-switchers rather than current users. Which only makes sense anyway > because there is a far greater population of people using other brands than > there is using Pentax. They can count on some loyalists to buy a FF, but the > volume of sales will be to Sony, Nikon, and Canon users. Which by the way > implies that the FF will need to come with at least 2-3 top quality lenses > from the beginning; they won't be able to rely on people like us who have > lenses on the shelf waiting for a body with which to use them. > > 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. -- 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.
