On 24 Oct 2005 at 14:53, Gonz wrote: > Those are my thoughts exactly. If the bottom line is always on their > mind, why take a huge loss on moving from one system to another? I > mean, if you have 10-20K invested in gear in one system, it might take > 20-30k to move to a new, 35mm full frame system. That kind of money is > not easy to make up in a hurry.
The problem is that the market in used MF gear is poor so MF gear doesn't return good money but regardless the cost of a 35mm FF DSLR vs virtually any current MF DSLR (with crop factor) is significant (and the Pentax D645 won't likely sell for under US$8k on the street) A price difference of this magnitude could well account for the purchase of quite a decent set of glass for a new 35mm system. Remember that per angle of view and lens speed 35mm format lenses are far more economical. Ever compared the price of a 400/2.8 MF lens vs a 200/2.8 35mm lens? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
