Go apply for a job, Dario. This sounds good enough for me! :-) Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Dario Bonazza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 29. juni 2004 23:23 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander Perkeo 120 folder) Jeff Post wrote: > Jens, > I am wrestling with that same question, although it sounds as if > you have far more gear then me. My largest investment is in a single > lens. Since the *istD works with A* lenses, I do not expect them to > depreciate considerably. OK, I rather agree. > The value of my LX I expect to drop like a rock, > if it hasn't already. It has, it has... > The questions become, do I buy an *istD, do I sell all my 35mm gear and buy > a cannon 10D, do I sell my 35mm gear and buy a 645 or 67? Or maybe sell everything photographic and buy a small boat? :-) Rather seriously: > If I thought the > *istD was going to evolve into yearly updates with either bigger sensor > size or greater megapixel sensors I would not consider anything else. Unless Pentax will exit camera business (unlikely, I do hope), I'm convinced this evolution is unavoidable. How can you think it won't happen? > With > all the talk of a babyD I would be surprised to see anything above the > *istD (even if it was only the Sony 8 megapixel sensor slapped in) for a > couple of years. The current Sony 8 megapixel sensor is simply too small for a DSLR. A minor evolution of the *ist D was scheduled for this Photokina, but the Baby D become first priority and the *ist Dn was postponed. At this point I'm not sure if we'll see just the *ist Dn or a major evolution (*ist D Super?), but sure we'll see something above the *ist D sooner or later. It is my personal opinion that we'll see it during 2005, together with a baby-babyD. If I was Pentax, I'll try targeting the following schedule and prices: September 2004: Baby D (75% the current cost of *ist D) March 2005: *ist Dn (90-100% the current cost of the *ist D) September 2005: Baby-baby D (50% the current cost of the *ist D) March 2006: *ist D Super (80-90% the current cost of the *ist D) Unless Canon will introduce an EOS 3000D (Freak D in USA :-) at 500 USD next September! Since I'm not Pentax, these above are just my rants. Dario Bonazza
