On Oct 23, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Only in the sense that the name Pentax might be associated with higher > end cameras. I agree, though, it's at best a small effect. What's > funny here is that the technology of their top end APS camera will be > driving the tach for their most "pro" camera.
But that's pretty much true of any medium format DSLR. The large sensor technology lags a bit, so state of the art in APS-C drives the industry overall. That's a good thing for us peasants. Paul > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 24 October 2010 10:47, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think Pentax is striking at a place I the market between the >>> established ones. I think this is a perfect camera for the odd >>> combination of nature and studio photography as well as affluent >>> enthusiast who used to buy Hasselblad but can't really bring >>> themselves to pay the new digital prices.. I'm not completely >>> convinced the wedding folks really need this. The bottom line seems >>> to be that Pentax is selling them. That is the most important >>> argument of all. >> >> The biggest difference that I see between the P645D and the other top >> end small format DSLRs is that the P645D won't likely drag any users >> into Pentax APS land. It has to stand by its self and I would be >> surprised if it helped Pentax's bottom line. >> >> -- >> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) >> Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours >> Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > 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. -- 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.
