Antti-Pekka wrote:
>This is true, however, Contax/Zeiss prices have always been ridiculously >high and they >are still in the business. But in the past Contax made ridiculously well made cameras and lenses. The latest efforts are nothing more than Canon clones, plastic and all with the difference that it cost twice as much as Canon. >I would say that the new Contax digital slr is more like >a preview of Contax business intentions in the digital future. You mean selling a completely uncompetitive digital cameras? I suspect that the latter Kyocera business idea is to sell cheap consumer grade stuff like the rest. They will come.... >They are not going >to sell truckloads of them but the new digital will help them keep their >existing >customers happy (knowing that Contax is still going strong, waiting for >the next >generation of cheaper digital slr's). But the existing Contax users have lenses that doesn't fit the digital slr. The only happy ones are those that use the N1. And how many are there of those? 2000? >I suppose Pentax needs to do the same: come >out with a nice digital slr. While not all will buy it, the existence of such >a beast will attract potential customers (low end) to the brand. >Technically, a full >frame >digital slr is very high end and at 6mp the elements of the ccd are pretty >huge too (less noise etc). I am prepared to see wonderful results from >such a camera. >Did we not want a full frame Pentax too a while back ? Yes, we did. Exactly the same ccd as Contax users. However, Pentax figured out that the chip was not competitive. Also, the quality they got from it wasn't good enough for them either. >I am sure a lot of newspaper photographers will be using the new Contax. Why? Nobody used the old film Contaxes and the Nikon and Canons, that fit all their lenses, are much cheaper and offer 6mp as well. What photo journalist is going to buy the Contax? >To conclude, I think the Contax digital slr is more like a marketing tool than >a tool for those who don't really need/afford it. Absolutely. The only value of it is that Kyocera can say "we made the first full frame 35mm digital slr". P�l - 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 .
