The Nikon D200 is a 5.1 FPS 10 MP digital SLR camera. It does not cost 8000 USD. In Denmark it's currently priced at 2000 USD - this is 75% (!) of the price of the *ist D, at the time this was released two years ago !!!!.
So, cost is NOT the issue here. So, stop pretending! If Pentax released a pro-spec'ed DSLR camera (10MP, and 5 FPS with correspondingly fast AF) - a lot of you guys would certainly buy it. A lot of D and Ds cameras would then hit the used market very fast. No doubt about that! Some of you might even prefere this to some pro spec'ed Canons or Nikons ;-) I know I would ( 'cause then I could just keep my 20 Pentax lenses - some of which are fast - F.1.4-2.8) and then go and "mashinegun" some very nice high speed action shots - with a Pentax. This is what Pentax needs to do IMO - in order to keep the (rather tiny) market share. And they will do just that - no doubt in my mind. I just don't know when. The only problem is, it's getting kinda late, isn't it, if they want to also expand that market share? Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 24. februar 2006 12:16 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: *IST-D / DS & High speed action! Exactly. And straightforward, easy-to-use cameras are capable of anything most photographers might attempt. The lone exception might be top-level sports journalism. But even for motorsports or the occasional sporting event, the new Pentax should prove excellent. Hell, the current D gets the job done. If Jens or anyone else plans on being one of those guys standing behind the end zone (or the goal) with their lookalike Canon outfits, then they should switch. For the rest of us, the new camera will be just fine. I can't believe anyone here was realistically expecting an $8000, 8fps monster camera. If they were, I'd like to have some of what they've been drinking. Paul On Feb 24, 2006, at 12:02 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I'm pretty much on the same page as Juan. Not everyone needs all the > high > specs so many on this list so frequently cry out for. I don't want to > carry the weight around, I don't want big, honking zoom lenses, I don't > want high-speed motor drives ... a nice simple camera that makes good > pictures is just perfect. Small lenses with good resolution and a nice > fingerprint are more important than slow, zoom lenses that cover 300mm > of > focal range. Straightforward, easy-to-use cameras are what I like. > > Shel > > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 2/23/2006 7:01:44 PM >> Subject: Re: *IST-D / DS & High speed action! >> >> On 2/23/06, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Pentax don't want to be at the stadium. If they did, they'd make a >>> 5-8 > FPS >>> body and a lot of 1.4-2.8 (digital) lenses. They obviously don't want > to. >> >> This is a great thing! There are plenty of options already from Canon >> and Nikon. People should use one of those if that's what they need. >> Why would it be a good thing to have yet another brand making cameras >> like that? I like my small, no frills Pentaxes that stay out of the >> way while I try to create art with them. >> >> [...] >>> Only people who bring a camera while they are really doing OTHER >>> things > care >>> about size and weight. >> >> Speak for yourself. If you are walking around in a city for six hours >> in a row shooting people in the street, camera strapped to your wrist, >> size and weight become a big issue. When I do that I'm not doing >> anything else, btw. >> >> Give me a small istD with an FA35 over a 20S with whatever lens is >> equivalent anytime. >> >> j >> (who couldn't care less about sports photography) >> >> -- >> Juan Buhler >> Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com >> Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com > > -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 02/23/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.0.0/268 - Release Date: 02/23/2006
