True, but Canon is a little special. As far as I can see Canon is the market leader in DSLR's for professionals. Thus perhaps not representative for all DSLR manufacturers. They are special in other ways too - in using CMOS sensors even for consumer DSLR's - for instance. Pentax is a consumer DSLR manufacturer, like most other companies, except Canon and perhaps Nikon and will not nececcarily follow in Canons footsteps. The choise of slow, new consumer lenses for the D, DS, DSL, DS underlies this IMO. That Pentax hasn't really tried to replace their (perhaps modest) share of the professional market (645, 67) with digital cameras in the MF or FF-ranges proves my point. Well, they did try to develop the FF MZ-D, but gave up on this, as we very well know.
Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 24. august 2005 08:36 Til: [email protected] Emne: re: 36mm x 36mm sensor? Jens Bladt wrote: >FF was an issue as long as many consumers/photographers had very large >amounts of money invested in expensive glass for 35mm film. This segment is >getting smaller every day. No sane company will invest a lot in making new >camera systems for a 35mm sensor. Certainly not Pentax. > Hi Jens, Respectfully, I don't think that segment is getting smaller. The number of film users, yes. But not the number of people with large investments in 35mm glass. I have thought since day 1 of DSLR's, that the APS form factor was largely a short term tactic to get consumers to buy new lenses to go with those fancy new DSLR's. Sell APS DSLR's in the short term and 'digital' glass to go with them. When FF sensors get low enough in price, get all those new customers to upgrade to FF and sell more FF lenses. Obviously Canon thinks there are enough people in that segment, that they're releasing a somewhat affordable FF body. Tom C.
