Peter wrote:
Kodak made a hash of their full frame SLR to start with, and they are still suffering for it. Even though they completely re-engineered them and offered to upgrade all earlier models to the new standard, essentially for free, and sell them for 1/2 the price of a Canon. Most photographers I talk to dismiss them as crap, it's not fare but that's the way it is. So Canon ignores them.
One other consideration is that the Kodak has a reputation of not being as quick to use. A good friend, a photographer I used to work with, bought a DCS 14-c upon the recommendation of another photographer who is planning to buy the Canon. His big complaint with the Kodak was the lack of speed of use. Where my friend Bill is no longer shooting professionally and got the camera for fine art photography speed of use was not important. Where the other photographer will be using the camera for wedding/event photography it was enough of a concern to shell out almost twice as much. I tend to agree that Canon is probably not too concerned with Kodak cutting too much into their FF DSLR market. The Kodak also has the problem of the Canon mount body is based on a Sigma chassis, which probably sways a lot of professionals away.
My 2¢
Butch
