Unfortunately Pentax, IMO, isn't in a good enough position market share wise to be able to offer 2 different format systems.
This is why I doubt that the 645D will ever see it to market. DS 2009/2/18 JC OConnell <[email protected]>: > Pentax has offer camera systems that keep up with > the photo marketplace, not just their own current lens lineups... > > JC O'Connell > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:10 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: FF pentax DSLR > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:58 PM, JC OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: >> Now that Canon, Nikon, and Sony (sony?) >> all have FF (24x36mm) DSLRs, can pentax be far behind? >> I cant believe Sony beat them to that punch. >> >> JC O'Connell >> [email protected] >> > > Pentax's lens line is almost entirely crop-oriented. Sony's lens lineup > (inherited from Minolta and new designs) is almost entirely FF oriented. > And Sony is a major sensor designer. And Sony'd all but announced an FF > body back at PMA 2007. It's actually more surprising that Nikon beat > Sony to the punch than Sony beating Pentax. -- 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.

