----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" Subject: Re: DA* 60-250 at B&H
> > I doubt it. I think the K7 may well be the last DSLR from Pentax; > certainly the last high-end model (think PZ-1p/MZ-S, which marked > the end of technological advancement on the PEntax film bodies). > The future is in cameras with far less mechanical parts - definitely > no mirror box and moving mirror, and probably no mechanical shutter > either. Mechanical assemblies with many moving parts are expensive > to manufacture, and tricky to align correctly. > > The 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras have shown that you don't even need a > sensor as large as 16x24mm to produce image quality more than good > enough for the upper end of the mass market, which is where Pentax > target their products. By going to a micro 4/3 camera complete with > EVF Pentax will be able to achieve the "smaller, lighter" goal that > Hoya seem to have in mind. A camera with a 36x24mm sensor will not. I hope you are wrong about the EVF part, unless they get several magnitudes of quality better. I haven't seen one yet that I think is usable. Apparently the Lumix DMC G1 is supposed to be a good one, and it gave me a headache in less than half a minute of using it. 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.
