>In my opinion, Pentax must up the ante. With Nikon bringing a 24MP >low-end to market, Pentax will be slaughtered if they keep producing >cameras with the same 16MP sensor. It doesn't matter how could the >sensor is, or how good the IQ from the camera is. Both those items are >qualities that come to bear only AFTER the sale is made. > >Low-light/high-ISO performance is overall not that important for a >significant number of potential buyers. Is it desirable? Yes. But the >simple fact is that most people typically take shots in bright >sunlight or indoors with flash, and either won't notice or won't mind >when the camera occasionally lets them down. An 8 MP difference is the >entire image resolution of the 2nd generation DSLR's. It looks >significant on paper and, like it or not, is probably the single most >significant number buyers look at when purchasing a digital camera, >aside from price. > >Tom C.
Reminds me of this: http://xkcd.com/1014/ Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
