>What is so special about a full frame DSLR, other than spiritual significance and make people feel good psychologically ? Who has the cash ready ? (No offense but if you do, you should have switched to Canon. Pentax is not for you.)
And more and more the 1.5 or 1.6 "magnification" factor looks good to me. Also the fact that the edges of the lens are not used, so lousier lenses can look better (as fall off/vignetting is lost). I mean for wildlife photography when a 300mm lens can become a 450mm lens (or the long end of a zoom) -- hey, that's neat! Finally longer telephotos will be in all our price ranges. Sure, wide angle folks are out of luck, but each manufacturer seems to be coming out with a 15mm - something zoom to deal with that. More 15mm or something primes are not far behind. There may be some advantages to a non full-frame sensor. Advantages that far outweigh camera companies rushing to develop (or have someone else develop) full-framed sensors. Just my ignorant $.02. Marnie aka Doe :-)
