The K-mount digital bodies have been selling in quite reasonable
numbers. But Pentax hasn't had a pro following in 35mm for close to 40
years. There will be more advanced cameras, strong prosumer entries.
But I doubt there will ever be anything like a 1DS Mark II. The market
doesn't justify it. The D645 is a longshot too, but it makes a bit more
sense, given the Pentax history.
Paul
On Oct 22, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 23 Oct 2005 at 0:11, Dario Bonazza wrote:
Main reasons:
1) Better compactness+weight.
2) I hate 4/3 format (any size), hence I'll often have to crop 18MP
(4/3
format) into 16.6MP (for getting 3/2 format).
3) I already own a lot of K-mount lenses and no 645 glass.
4) True wide angles available with FF and not available when cropping
645.
5) Higher resolution lenses, compensating for slightly lower
resolution
sensor (negligible after cropping 4/3 into 3/2 format).
This might raise a big discussion, but I believe that:
a) good 35mm lenses are better than MF lenses (anybody wanting the
highest
possible resolution on digital mosaic capture is currently using APS
or 35mm
glass, not MF)
b) the system resolution more or less depends on the product of single
resolutions, not just by the lowest one.
Hence, if you have a lens capable to transmit say 80% of the subject
detail and
a sensor capable to capture 90% of the lens image, you get something
like 72% on
file, while most people think that you'll get 80% in that case.
Explaining point b as I've done above is very rough, but I hope
you'll get what
I mean.
I'm with you Dario, the thing I don't understand is that everyone says
it will
be readily taken up because of the prevalence of 645 glass. What about
all the
great 35mm K mount glass around (much better and wider ranging than
the P645
glass IMO), doesn't that then mean that a high end K mount body will
sell too?
Strange logic when you look at it that way.
Rob Studdert
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