On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Nick Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears that 645 lenses are marked as DFA645 on those screenshots, > but I was wondering the same thing. > > Why would Pentax make such a commitment to APSc lenses only to come > back with 35mm full-frames later? >
Market pressure. The common view is that the market is headed towards full frame aside from the low-end of the consumer market. Pentax, by introducing FF glass where advantageous, is hedging its bets. I suspect they think that FF won't be viable below the $1500 or so pricepoint (and I agree with them there) as the price and size advantages of DX crop and APS-C sensors and lenses will make FF non-viable in the consumer market. People are going to pick the smaller, lighter camera when they buy the DSLR they don't need. And that's always going to be DX or APS-C. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
