---- Wiadomość Oryginalna ---- Od: Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Do: [email protected] Data: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 18:41:23 +0200 Temat: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
> No, I may have been exaggerating a bit (or a lot) about the price, > although I'm quite sure the gap between FF and APS-C will become > smaller. But 20MP for an FF camera is in many ways a more conservative > estimate than 12MP in an entry-level APS-C one. An FF sensor with the > same density as a 12MP APS-C one would have something like 27MP. Agree :-) > The point is, the $650 cameras you mention do not have the same specs as > the $3300 FF one. The only 12MP APS-C camera I know actually costs > 40-50% more than That 12MP FF, and over half of That Other 16MP FF, at > least around here. I think we can safely assume that it will remain like > that, i.e. it will never be a question of choosing between an expensive > FF camera and a low-end APS-C with a similar spec; the FF offering is > always going to have a higher pixel count and probably be higher-spec in > other areas, too. (And the same-spec APS-C won't cost *that* much less.) Disagree. Actually, dismissing sensor, 5D has WORSE parameters than 20D, they are rather between $650 bodies and 20D (3 fps vs 5 fps in 20D, 1/200 flash sync vs 1/250). And 5D has non weather-sealed body, it is not comparable in any way to D2X which you were thinking of. Similar in parameters and build quality to D2X FF camera is 1Ds for about $7400 - the difference is enough to buy hi-end DX 17-55/2.8 and VR 70-200/2.8 AF-S lenses... Right now it is expected that market will shift to buying DSLRs as digicams will be more and more replaced by cameras in mobile phones. And before price of FF cameras would fall to your predicted level, there will be many millions of APS-C cameras sold, creating standard like it was with 35 mm film before II W.W. Best regards Sylwek
