William wrote: The 1Ds is not Pentax's traditional target market. They have never really competed there, and only had a camera in it for a short time. Pentax has always been more about very good lenses attached to middle of the raod performance bodies.
REPLY: True enough but the market has changed. Pentax have always been interested in high quality imaging (something that Nikon and Canon arguably hasn't); eg. good quality lenses and medium format. For digital this means high-resolution sensor which equals high-end. If pentax want to maintain products that yields better image quality than Nikon/Canon produce it means that they have to involve with high-end digital. P�l
