Please explain how a new DSLR using the same 24X36 sensor used in the full frame DSLR that used 645 lenses could be "smaller"?? The lenses and the lens mounts for 645 are LARGER. JCO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax DSLR next year ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: New Pentax DSLR next year > No you dont get it. It is absolutely pointless and stupid > to put a smallish sensor (24x36) in a 645 camera that could fit > in a 35mm format body. That would be the dumbest creation of all time. > Sorta like adding a 24x36 35mm film adapter to a 6x7 body. > Absurd...... Have you seen how big the present full frame DSLR is? Not much smaller than a Pentax 6x7. Putting a 24x36mm sensor into a 645 sized body would be a smallish camera. William Robb
