That would be logical. :-) It also tells us that corporations are prone to making bad decisions because they're run by people that also have the same failing.
I never understood forging ahead with a 645D early on, based on the competition and the offerings in the 2 yrs immediately following the *ist D. It seemed more like blind arrogance than anything else. An 'if we built it, they will buy it" mentality. Tom C. >From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 12:21:26 -0400 > >Logic tells us that when conditions change corporations change course. > >Tom C wrote: > > Logic would tell us that Pentax could probably not produce a >competitive, > > profitable, MF DSLR in the face of many MF pro's dumping their MF film > > bodies and going with the high-end MP Canon bodies over the last several > > years. They were too far behind the curve, and technology and the > > marketplace were moving too fast. > > > > But they announced it and began development. > > > > Logic would tell us that, having spent all the resources on said model, >and > > continuing to display it and proclaim it's forthcoming release, even of > > late, that it would actually occur. > > > > But that appears otherwise. > > > > So what does logic tell us? > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D > >> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:09:05 -0400 > >> > >> Logic, yes. Start from incorrect assumptions and follow them to the > >> logical incorrect conclusion. Not that I'm saying Paul is wrong, just > >> that even impeccable logic doesn't guarantee he's right. > >> > >> Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >>> Irrefutable logic! > >>> > >>> Jack > >>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Whatever size sensor Pentax uses in the K1D, we can be sure it will > >>>> work with DA lenses. They wouldn't be introducing a full line of > >>>> expensive lenses for cameras that can't use them. So FF is definitely > >>>> a no go. > >>>> Paul > >>>> -------------- Original message ---------------------- > >>>> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Digital Image Studio wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> But they just can't go on increasing the density of APS sized > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> sensor > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>> ad infinitum, it will only end in tears. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> It's true. If the K1D is 14 megapixels as reported, it'll certainly > >>>>> > >>>>> have to have a larger sensor than APS-C if they're going to meet > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> users' > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> (ever-increasing) demands for low noise. (I would expect around a > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> 1.3 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> crop to keep it usable with current DA lenses.) > >>>>> > >>>>> Here's a sobering statistic I just read: > >>>>> Even if Canon pushes the upcoming 1Ds-III up to 22 megapixels as > >>>>> rumored it will still have *lower* pixel density (that is, larger > >>>>> pixels) than the Nikon D2x does *now* at 12 megapixels. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> > >>> Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast > >>> with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. > >>> http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf > >> thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > > > >-- >Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf >thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > > >-- >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
