Well, the pro market we were speaking of -- medium format digital -- is comprised largely of big buck shooters. It ain't wedding photographers. And it's a small market. I was merely pointing out why I think Pentax chooses not to compete, although they did well with that group at one time. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: OT - Mamiya and PhaseOne team up for new digital MedF > > > > Pentax did very well in the pro market with the 6x7. For more than three > decades. It was the > > camera of choice among the New York fashion photogs. And it got wide use > > from > the big-buck > > location shooters. The 645 did fairly well too, although I think it was > > more > of a MF upgrade > > for advanced hobbyists. But the pro market is small, and it's probably not > > in > Pentax's best > > interest to try and compete there, given the development and marketing > > costs. > > The big buck photographers you are so fond of using when you have a point to > make probably count > for 1/100 of 1% of the total pro market. They aren't statistically > significant. > In all my years shooting weddings, I never met another pro photographer > shooting > Pentax > anything. > The Mamiya 67 was the camera of choice for a huge number of studio and > wedding > shooters and > wedding photographers were using lots of Mamiya 645s as well. > I don't know if Mamiya was bigger than Hasselblad in the pro market, but I do > know that Pentax > pretty much wasn't in the game. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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