[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >But more importantly ...
>a) Pentax will have a platform suitable for rotating digital bodies > into the mid price class and lowering prices as needed so that ... >b) the 6MP body will drop to $300 (or something similarly significant) > in 1 year >c) they will come out with higher MP in that same mid-class range. > But it will take another year for that price point to open up with > commodity sensor solutions. >d) the cheap DSLR will seriously damage the high-end DP&S. > (A suitable market position for J lenses???) One can hope. :-) But I think it's likely, actually. Unless Pentax is stupid enough not to do it (and many on this list keep making comments about how Pentax doesn't do the smart marketing thing). However, they also seem to price lower on the whole, trying to capture the hobbyists and enthusiasts. And because that's their bag. Unless they are changing their bag. Let's hope. But DSLRs are bound to come down price-wise. I was thinking about it the other day. Right now a good DSLR costs as much as a computer, because, let's face it, that is essentially what it is. A dedicated computer just for turning out pictures. Well, computer prices come down because R&R improves, factories are set-up to turn out more, and the company wants to sell more to more people. No reason that shouldn't happen with DSLRs as well. OTOH, who knows? We're still at the beginning of digital photography, so hard to predict where it will end up. Marnie aka Doe :-) Well, that's a decisive post.
