Mike wrote: > Perhaps. The problem right now is that the "flagship effect" has very > definitely switched over to the digital realm. Sales of top film SLRs are > way down. Film SLRs are old hat and yesterday's news, and are unlikely to > have the effects Bruce is talking about. I do buy his points about the > reasons for a flagship; I just think that the EOS 1Ds is Canon's flagship > right now and the Nikon 1Dx is Nikon's. The EOS-1V and F5 are not currently > impressing anybody.
But theres no contradiction between film flagship and digital as all high-end DSLR's have film siblings. Anyone who is going to compete in the high-end digital market is going to have a suitable high-end platform. A flagship make more sense now than ever. P�l
