On 8 Sep 2004 at 18:10, P�l Jensen wrote: > Stupid? Whereas Pentax, a company larger by several magnitude than all other MF > manufacturers put together, has teamed up with Kodak and Sony, giants both. > Hasselblad, whose cameras you can get digital backs for, is virtually bankrupt. > Their cameras are now Fuji's and so are the lenses. They have been forced to > merge with another company who cannot manage alone. All MF manufactures are > experiencing huge sales losses in spite of digital backs available for them, > whereas Pentax, if they are to be believed, still sell healthy of their MF > system in spite of no digital solution as yet. I cannot see that Pentax have > been particularly stupid. They seem to be going where the market is going. > Towards DSLR's.
What, that have one bloody DSLR, look at everyone else, they are at the back of the pack when it comes to delivery and choice, surely you can see this? If they produced a high resolution full frame 35mm DSLR all this discussion about the potential of a DSLR in a MF form factor would likely be moot (especially WRT your size argument in another reply). I just can't see a Pentax MF form factor solution being a runaway success, if people bought based on your premises the diminutive *ist D would be a market leader? 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
