On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:32 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Don't bet on it. Pentax won't be competing in the diminutive full-frame pro > market. They are way too far behind the curve in the lens lineup, and they > don't have the financial horsepower of Sony. There will always be buyers for > high-end APS-C, and Pentax will remain a viable player in that market. > Paul
Given that the A850 costs essentially the same as high-end APS-C and offers APS-C level pixel density (11MP when cropped down to APS-C), the market is changing rapidly. I expect to see a market for the really high-end APS-C cameras to remain (IE the 7D and D300s) because they offer an unbeatable speed/price mix. But things are more interesting at the 50D/K-7 level, especially since it looks likely that Sony's coming A700 replacement(The A800) will be ~5fps FF for K-7 money. At that level, the K-7's only advantages are going to be sealing and size (And at least the K-7 will have advantages, the Canon 50D is right screwed). -- 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.
