From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> My prediction for the future of Pentax DSLRs: No 24x36 sensors and no >> aperture rings. As a matter of fact, if Pentax releases more 35mm SLRs >>they >> won't need aperture rings either. And I'd put money on no new lenses >>having >> aperture rings as well. (they may still produce and sell older lenses >with the >> rings, but no new designs will have them). Pentax is SHOWING us the >>future. We >> can bury our heads in the sand and ignore it or we can open our eyes, >>accept it >> and move on. I'm holding my breath for another DSLR with the same >>basic >> features but higher pixel count and (maybe) some kind of >>in-the-body-IS.
>Well I hope you're not right, 36x24mm sensors are going to become more >affordable as volumes increase (and they will), so it would be stupid of >Pentax not to utilize them at some point. Indeed. I just hope that point is relatively soon for all the manufacturers. Unfortunately, Canon has apparently suggested that they are intending to stay with APS-sized sensors for their "non-pro" cameras, and Nikon's expanding DX lens line suggests a similar posture. Pentax could win market share by putting out an affordable FF DSLR if the other guys are unwilling to, but I doubt that Pentax has the volume to make an affordable FF DSLR right now. > I wouldn't go wishing for much more >density >either, I suspect that beyond 8MP in a APS sized sensor we will see more >image >degradation than improvement. I doubt it. We all know that it proved impossible for the electronics industry to get more than 1 mhz out of the Pentium CPU design. Nikon certainly hopes you are wrong! DJE
