On 5 Nov 2003 at 23:50, John Francis wrote: > Then there's the fact that the original article is light on details; > the 3k could be street price, wholesale price, manufacturing price, > or even just the cost to Pentax of the sensor.
Whatever it means it's pie-in-the sky pricing, I have a recent sale brochure in front of me for the Sinarback 54s and Leaf Valeo 11 backs at AU$44,000 and AU$20,545 ex tax. See: http://www.baltronics.com.au/sinarback_prices.html > Does FF mean size of a 35mm negative, or size of a 645 negative? I was referring to full frame sensors in both formats. > But you can't use two-year-old prices to discuss pricing in this > year's (or next year's) marketplace. Well we couldn't seem to get around it last week so if you can't beat em.. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
