Thats not the point, of course FF sensor will always cost more than a APS sensor, but if the absolute dollar value difference gets small enough, the APS is not going to be attractive or even feasible EVEN THOUGH IT COSTS LESS, because the benefits of FF will at some point swamp the cost savings of APS if the absolute dollar price difference continues to fall low enough. It's always about customer benefits vs product costs. This is what drives the market. THAT is why 1,2,3, MP P&S digicams are nearly all gone, because the small cost savings to stay lo rez arent worth the benefit lost of not having higher rez. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:55 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Full frame vs APS-C was: Re: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D On 03/01/07, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The price difference in absolute dollars > between FF and APS has and will continue > to drop. As it gets lower and lower, the > benefit/(price difference) ratio will get > too high to make APS attractive or maybe > even eventually feasable. Thats why there > are almost no more 1.3, 2.0 and 3.0 Mp point > and shoots anymore. Simply not attractive/feasable > anymore even though still cheaper to make than > the 4.0 to 10.0 Mp models dominating the market. The pertinent consideration of course is that the now defunct resolution sensors would have used a similar silicon area to those by which they were replaced. FF and APS sensors will always differ in price by at least the value of area of silicon that they utilize. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
