It would obviously have to be an image circle that worked with the current DA lenses. The FAs are almost all out of production and new DAs are being introduced all the time. They won't introduce a camera that has no lens support. Paul On Feb 1, 2007, at 10:49 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>> >> This will >> almost certainly necissitate a lower crop factor. More likely ~1.3x >> than full-frame, though. > I've been expecting something like this for some time. If they intend > it to be anything other than marketing hype that is. > > Mark Roberts wrote: >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >>> From DP Review post >>> >>> >>>> * The release of the 645D is postponed in order to priorities on >>>> DSLRs >>>> >>> The wait begins to look infinite. >>> >> >> If the rumours of the next canon being 22MP are accurate (or even >> close), that would explain the delay. "Infinite" delay might be the >> best course of action unless they can go straight to 30MP. >> >> >>> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? >>> forum=1036&message=21896693 >>> >> >> To present new DSLR's" at PMA seems very optimistic. How about >> "announce" new DSLR's? I expect the K1D (or whatever it ends up being >> called) to be announced some time this year, but "presented", even >> under glass? I'd be very surprised. I'd love to be wrong, though... >> >> There have long been rumours of Pentax working on their own CMOS >> sensor. Given the continuing megapixel wars (Canon going over 17MP >> and >> Nikon going to 15-16 MP), I'm guessing it'll be around 15MP. This >> will >> almost certainly necissitate a lower crop factor. More likely ~1.3x >> than full-frame, though. >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > > The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. > -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael > > > -- > 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
