On 28 Feb 2006 at 16:41, William Robb wrote: > You are not feeling especially smart, either. > I recall that Pentax was pretty blunt about the FF camera not being > marketable due to sensor issues.
So you are telling me that they didn't know this or it wasn't an issue when it was shown to the market? > They were rolling out film cameras that > didn't support aperture couplings for some time prior to the istD, and there > isn't a whole lot of reason to keep the FA lenses in the line when film > cameras are going the way of the Dodo. And how many people didn't buy the knobbled cameras for this very reason? Most of the FA lenses would work well on a FF digital body especially the long lenses and particularly if the sensor density was kept reasonable as in the 5D. > Whether this is a strategy or not is debatable. I think they have been > reactive to a market that is changing far more rapidly than they were > prepared for. Yes I understand small and cute is the aim, I see people in alternate Pentax forums whining about the size of the new camera, are these people whimps or what? > Lets face it, the only company that has been able to stay ahead of the > digital curve is Canon, and they have the resources to steer the industry in > the direction they want it to go, and they have been exercising this ability > with gay abandon. True, and given well managed resources FF bodies and lenses are obviously both viable and desirable. 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
