P�l, Any idea how fast the sales have dropped? Slow and steady or fairly rapid?
When comparing film 35mm to MF we can easily compare negative size. How about when comparing digital 35mm to MF? If the CCD and resulting image are larger, won't the cost skyrocket? Since the high end SLR's are currently in the $5K range (much of that CCD cost) wouldn't MF be priced beyond anyone other than full-time professional photographers? Bruce Dayton Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 5:40:28 AM, you wrote: PAJ> Bruce wrote: >>Weight/size do sound very important as considerations as does the >>directions Pentax takes with it's products. PAJ> The direction part is very important. Here in Norway, MF sales has PAJ> basically collapsed. The reason is that few are willing to commit the PAJ> amount of money necessary for an MF system with the prevailing uncertainty PAJ> of the future of film based camera and digital. Therefore, I believe that PAJ> if any MF system is going to thrive in the future they must have digital PAJ> solutions available. Since Pentax continue to invest in their MF lineups, PAJ> in spite of a shrinking market, they must have digital solutions in their PAJ> plans. PAJ> BTW They only sold one 645N in Norway last year. No Contax 645 were sold! PAJ> P�l PAJ> - PAJ> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, PAJ> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to PAJ> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
