On 2 Jun 2005 at 14:00, P�l Jensen wrote: > Certainly not. Making a high-emd body for Pentax makes no sense at present as > virtually no one would buy one. Sure, they could make a body somewhat higher > than the *istD but thats about it at present. The only high-end Pentax have > any > hope to be a player is in digital MF. Pentax didn't even see the need to have > a > high-end 35mm film body after 1980. A high-end DSLR cost several magnitudes > more > to develop than, say, an LX replacement with much smaller sales. Very few > first > time Pentax DSLR buyers would buy a high-end DSLR. Hence, they need to have a > DSLR customer base installed before higher end model are being released.
I don't know where you think all the high roller digital MF buyers are going to appear from? Personally I think that Pentax would now benefit by introducing a higher spec'd 35mm DSLR. The *ist D/Ds have introduced a lot of people to Pentax, my guess is that a goodly proportion of these buyers are well heeled geek types who would just love to be able to get their hands on a new pro/semi- pro spec'd body. Leave it too late and Pentax will miss the boat. Pity it's near impossible to find anything but a handful of lenses too. 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
