On 03/01/07, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that they may actually be loss-leading the 5D at the moment > (given the massive rebates on it right now). It may be that they make > more per unit on normal pricing than the K100D or K110D do (Given the > very aggressive pricing in that space), I doubt the same applies to the > K10D. The 5D hasn't been what I'd call a massive success for Canon. It's > seriously eaten into 1DsmII sales due to being smaller, lighter and > having better high-ISO performance and it doesn't insulate the gap in > Canon's line between the pro bodies and the amateur bodies (Unlike the > D200, the 5D simply doesn't offer the flat out speed or the toughness of > a semi-pro body like the F100 or EOS 3, while the 30D doesn't quite > either). It's certainly no failure though.
If it is a loss leader it's a good one, even if it's taken away sales from high end bodies I'm sure it's been taken on as a back-up FF body by many 1Dx owners and it's probably brought a whole lot more punters into the FF mind set who just couldn't afford the cost of the 1Dx series bodies. > 3rd format, really the equivalent of LF in the film world (Expensive, > slow and extremely high resolution) while 35mm FF replaces MF and DX > format replaces 35mm. You've hit the nail on the head and it's what most people fail to appreciate. This is why FF 35mm is attractive to me, I already have lenses and at a pinch, I could, for most purposes, retire my MF film kit. I've never been interested in LF photography so MF DLSRs are overkill for me. -- 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
