Artur wrote:

> Indeed. But I think that the majority of the MF cameras are being used in
> studios. IMHO this is where Pentax strategy is quite inconsistent. 


No, there's nothing incosistent in making cameras indended for outside studio use. 
Pentax have been very consistent in this. 


> Yes, you're right - film cameras will become tools for hobbyists only...


Most of the nature and stock photography market is still using fim...


> Actually I don't really see any feature that Canon or Nikon could add to the
> F5 or EOS1v. They are pretty much complete bodies. 


This has been said about almost all cameras at one point...


>But Pentax could do it.
> Unfortunately, you're probably right about those economical obstacles.
> Perhaps something, what we on the PDML disscussed some time ago, would be
> the solution: a modular camera - the one that accepts both films and CCD's,
> has interchangeable prisms and viewfinders as well as boosters, battery
> packs, external power sources etc...Combining it with new Ltd and * lenses,
> that would support Image Stabilisation would be a powerful weapon.

I believe Pentax is best served by something pointing back to the LX. Or perhaps they 
won'yt bother at all...

Pål
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