People who want to print large. Plus having more mpx makes for good advertising and publicity. Also, several other MF digi systems already have more, so it looks like Pentax is behind the times. Sometimes you've gotta sell more than just the steak. You've gotta sell the sizzle ;-))
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Lucas Rijnders > > Perhaps 18mpx will be too little too late. With 35mm format pushing 12mpx > > and 13mpx now, maybe it would be a good move if Pentax planned to up the > > ante a bit. > > Who cares about mpx if the image quality is good? I think we can trust > Pentax to release a well thought-out, well developed camera. They are > certainly taking the time to get it right :o)

