paul stenquist wrote: > >On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> I don't think it's so much a matter of Pentax moving up to full-frame >> as full-frame coming down to Pentax's current demographic. Right now >> the entry point for full-frame is $2000 (U.S.) but absolutely no one >> believes it's going to remain that high. >> >> What's interesting to me is the question of which direction Pentax >> eventually takes with full-frame: High-megapixel and high resolution >> (like the Sony A850) or big-pixel-size and low-noise (like the Nikon >> D700). I'm thinking it might be the latter... >> >Or an optimized APS format camera. That might be the direction Pentax takes. >I don't care one way or the other, but the lens lineup suggests that full >frame isn't in Pentax' product plan.
Many of the lenses released recently have been full-frame compatible (DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited, DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited, DA* 55mm f/1.4, DA*200mm f/2.8, DA*300mm f/4.0 and DA*60-250mm f/4.0). I'm confident full-frame is in their plans because I've talked to the top people at Pentax USA and they simply aren't stupid enough to ignore what's coming with regards to the entry price of full-frame. Say $1600 within a year from now? Personally, I'll be getting a Sony A850 as soon as my tax refund arrives (12 x 18 prints at 300ppi with no interpolation) and getting by with a couple of 3rd-party primes (Sony's selection of full-frame lenses isn't that great and really the good ones - the Zeiss lenses - are mostly zooms). -- 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.
