On Dec 20, 2011, at 17:27 , Mark C wrote: > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> > >>>>> >> I'm betting they won't do it at all. There's no natural progression of >>>>> >> buyers for such a camera. >>>>> >> On the other hand, they've sold a lot of APS-C cameras and DA* >>>>> >> lenses, so >>>>> >> they have a >>>>> >> built-in market for another camera in that line. It's a no brainer in >>>>> >> marketing terms. >>>> >> > I agree with Paul's observation. I just hopped over to Pentax's website and > note that they list 26 APS-C lenses (DA, DA*, and DA Limited) and 7 full > frame lenses (FA and D-FA.) Two of the 7 FF lenses are the 100mm macro and > the 100mm macro WR. > > Pentax's lens lineup is pretty skimpy as it is, but why offer a full frame > camera with only 7 lenses that will work with it? That's 7 lenses in the 31 > to 100mm range. No zooms, no real wide angles, no longer telephotos. Why > develop really superb star and limited APS-C lenses if you are going to > undermine demand for them by introducing an incompatible flagship body? The > only way a FF body could succeed would be to introduce a whoel new family of > lenses - a huge demand on resources. > > I have a good collection of full frame lenses and would love to see a full > frame body - but I'd hate to see Pentax waste resources on one. I'd rather > that they make a K-1: the ultimate APS C camera. Better AF than the K5 (still > room for improvement there, IMO) and other stuff that I can't imagine, but > they no doubt have. > > (And after the K-1 the K-LX and K-1p... ;) > > Mark C.
Mark. You're rushing Pentax. They have to announce a K-3 first, a year later the Canikon killer, the K-1. :-) Joseph McAllister [email protected] The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. Photons were one of the earliest particles to develop, but I don't think any were able to escape for a little bit more. Once they could, there would have been a flash during expansion. No one would notice, of course, for another 4.2 billion years. Now we are trying to catch up by looking out, and back in time to that infinitesimally small fraction of a millisecond in an attempt to see what caused that singularity to become the Big Bang. This attempt will fail in any visual way, as the furthest galaxies and elements are now moving faster than light by recent theory, making the information sought beyond a theoretical event horizon. — update to the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- 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.
