A scroll of mail from Tom Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:57:55 -0500
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>I don't know how well it will sell, but what list members are
>missing is this camera won't be competing with 3 mega-pixel
>amateur cameras but with cameras that are now selling for about
>$25,000us. So they will be a bargain in that category. I do
>understand that Canon and Nikon are about to release cameras in
>the category, but they will be in the same price range.
>Heretofore only Kodak has had a full frame CCD. The MZ-Digital
>will be very competitive.
>--Tom
Yep, it will be very competitive in a tiny market for a short period.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not knocking it. I think it's a terrific
attention grabber for the Pentax system as a whole, but I don't think
it'll sell in any kind of useful quantities. Probably not any more
than the others do.
If you look at the press release, they make a big play over the fact
that you can use 6x7 and 645 lenses on it. Not news to serious
pentaxians, but the kind of thing which might grab the attention of
someone used to a different system.
I think Pentax are using it to reinforce their hi-tech, precision
instrument image. Unfortunately, they only seem to have this image in
Japan.
The digital market is changing so fast that any of the new crop of
megapixel cameras will be out of date within a year or two anyway.
It's those companies which will allow you to upgrade your body and
keep your lens system who'll survive.
dave
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