On 1/01/07 1:45 PM, "John Forbes", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If every other manufacture brings out a FF body Pentax will as well or >> they _will_ _die_. Simple as that. > > But the others won't. Simple as that. > > And actually it won't affect Pentax. Any "full-frame" bodies would be > much more expensive, and therefore in a separate market segment that > Pentax doesn't address. Canon would suffer from the competition, not > Pentax. There was an interview article with Nikon on FF subject. Among other things they said, they have been observing Canon 5D sales for a while but it never went beyond 5% of total DSLR sales. FF sensor cost in case of 5D is still over 6 times that of APS-C. Nikon says that they are always watching the market demand but for now, they do not see FF cameras being popular. In the meantime, DX lenses (their DA equivalent) are becoming ever popular and settling almost as default DSLR format. Despite some speculations that their F mount is too small for FF DSLR, that is a myth. They have sufficient margin left for FF digital lenses. So, my guess is that before FF sensor cost comes down sufficiently, APS-C sensors design would have progress farther and satisfy the need of most demanding photographers. Besides, even if they offer FF DSLR, that does not at all mean that they suddenly discontinue APS-C lenses. I am sure they offer different sizes as two different formats, i.e., FF is NOT an upgrade to APS-C. I for one would much prefer compact size of DA lenses and bodies. Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
