Mark Roberts wrote;
DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
P� 17. mar. 2005 kl. 18.45 skrev Mark Roberts:
Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't think the D645 is going to be a camera below USD 10.000. Maybe even above USD 15.000.
My guess is between USD 15,000 and 20,000. They're going to try to undercut the Mamiya, but probably won't be able to do so by very much.
Not if this translation is correct: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=12694071
They're dreaming.
Not necessarily. It depends on how much Kodak charges for the imaging array and how much processing horsepower Pentax elects to put behind it. B&H sells Kodak full-frame 14Mpixel cameras for $3500. Given the fact that Pentax can leverage existing 645 lens mount, mirror box, and metering designs from the 645nii, I think that they should be able to come in well under $10,000 if Kodak gives them a good deal on the imaging array.
Seems to me that their medium format marketing strategy has consistently been to produce good stuff and price their products well below the high end (Hasselblad, Rollei, etc.) of the market.
--Mark
