I wouldn't. I like wide angles, and from what I've seen the Canons wide angles on full frame is not very good. I don't think the full frame Pentax lenses will do much better, so they will have to make new, larger and more expensive wide angles anyway. The vignetting of my 14mm in *istD is better than the vignetting I get with the A20mm on full frame with film (and it will probably be worse with a sensor).
In the 645D system they will need one new wide angle and use the best part of the old lenses. In addition they will have plenty of room for more and/or larger pixels than the FF sensors. So the 645D may always give better image quality than the FF. So the best combination for me would be the small APS dslrs for ordinary use and a large 645D for the special occations, just like I the combination of MF and small format today. Another question is why pentax would want to make a camera that competes with its own 645D camera. It is expensive enough to develop one of them. DagT > > fra: "Dario Bonazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > dato: 2005/10/21 fr PM 02:57:37 CEST > til: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > emne: Re: Pentax DSLR future > > Let's say it with an example. If I had to choose between say a 15 megapixel > K-mount FF and a 18 megapixel 645 crop body for the same price, I'd choose > the 24x36 in a blink. > > Even easier if the price will be in favor of the K-bayonet body. > > So I think the 645D to make sense only for the owners of a complete 645 > outfit. Once again, a strategy for keeping some of the existing customers > from switching, not a strategy for gaining new customers. > > Dario > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:29 AM > Subject: RE: Pentax DSLR future > > > > Cotty and Dario > > So, what you are saying is that it's been to late/not very clever for > > Pentax > > to release a D645? Will it ever emerge, do you think? Or was the D645 > > mock-up's just a way to say: Dear Pro Pentax users - please stay with us, > > we > > aim to catch up anytime soon! Or did they simply aim to keep selling MF > > film > > gear as long as possible, abandoning MF later all the same? > > > > The development of a MF Fuji sensor, the Kodak MF sensors and the rather > > successful Hasselblad/Imacon and Rolleiflex digital cameras certainly do > > point in another direction. Or does it? > > > > Regards > > Jens Bladt > > Arkitekt MAA > > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sendt: 21. oktober 2005 09:27 > > Til: pentax list > > Emne: Re: Pentax DSLR future > > > > > > On 21/10/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>As sensors get better and better it seems to me it's a matter of time, > >>when > >>there's really no need for medium format anymore. > > > > That time has already passed. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > >
