Perhaps Pentax isn't doing a great deal of body upgrading because they
can see the future better than us. Steven & I were in Cord yesterday.
Not only is the RB/RZ section continuing to grow, but so is the Blad
section growing.
A 500c/m with A12, Chrome 80mm, & prism for $899 -- in a retail store!
One year ago that would have been $1,300. As the digital advance continues,
35mm and medium format film body sales will continue to plummet.
I'd warn about buying new film bodies in much of the future.
I'm not certain that we'll see a "K" lens-compatible digital body.
Pentax has not generally considered, as we all know, the 35mm form factor
to be in their pro venue. (I personally think they're missing something
WRT digital applications.) But none the less, film body sales will
continue to drop (in all formats) and digital will continue to rise.
Pentax is, I suspect, working on digital for the 645nII.
My personal predictions are that 35mm will continue in its general present
condition for a long, long time; the 67 series will not go digital
for a long time; Pentax will move almost entirely into the medium-format
form factor for digital and let 35mm flounder because it's a source
for revenue to produce the real cameras.
Collin
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"Get over it."
Dr. Laura
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