Canon wasn't a player in MF, Pentax was. Plus, the Pentax 645 body will
probably work fine with 6x7 lenses. That's why I'm holding on to mine
at least until I see how pricey the body is. If it starts at 5K or so,
it will be 2K in three years.
Paul
On Oct 21, 2005, at 3:04 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
It seems like Pentax (and others?) are having trouble supporting all
three
(four) formats APS, 35mm and 645 (and 6x7) with digital bodies. Pentax
35mm
is almost aleady gone. 6x7 will probably go away anytime soone. So
what we
are left weith is APS and 645. I wonder if perhaps Canon didn't do the
right
thing by sticking to APS and 35mm?
Jens Bladt
Arkitekt MAA
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
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Emne: Re: Pentax DSLR future
Yes, that's true. (Although we haven't heard from JCO since the ugly
button
incident.) But, seriously, Pentax has indicated that there will be a
successor to the *istD. To me, that says it will be capable of using
the new
lenses that were marketed specifically for the *istD. Now, perhaps
there
will also be another new 35mm-style Pentax DSLR at some time that is
not
meant to be a successor to the D or DS, but Pentax has apparently said
that
the next camera will be the D successor.
Paul
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Canon can't afford to support multiple product lines in the same
arena.
Pentax
quite obviously has all they can do to support one type of
35mm-style
DSLR
cameras. The D645 is the large sensor pro model. I don't think it
would
make
any
sense to try to sp
lit this hair finer. I think Pentax would lose more than they would
gain by
introducing a 35mm-style DSLR that disenfranchised the people to
whom
they
just
sold new lenses.
That's definitely possible.
But *I'd* buy it!
I might also. But then I'd have to sell my DA lenses, which might
make
me want to sell everything and just switch.
Bah. JCO's been threatening that for years over the green button issue
and *he* hasn't followed through ;-)
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
