The Pentax digital mount is not crippled in any way. The viewfinder is
quite possibly the best of any digital SLR.
Paul
On Jun 2, 2005, at 11:09 PM, Mishka wrote:
i am curious: except for
-- small 6MP sensor
-- mediocre buffer
-- lousy viewfinder
-- crippled mount
is there anything else that a "pro" or high end camera would need to
change?
i would imagine that the first two limitations shouldn't cost a
fortune to fix.
the finder and the mount might be trickier, but i doubt that's
something that's
waaay out of their reach.
the higher pixel count competition (except for canon) is $5K D2X
(APS) and $800K Oly Evolt
(even smaller sensor, even smaller buffer, even less backward
compatibility).
it looks like at this point pentax is squarely in the middle of the
pack and only
canon is definitely far ahead. to me, it looks like concentration of
efforts on
645D and the new lenses is the right thing to do at this time.
not that i would mind having a pentax 16MP FF camera with 100% 1x
finder for $1000 :)
best,
mishka
On 6/2/05, Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
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