> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Paul Stenquist > > > > >> I don't know, personally I'm not convinced that chasing the "latest > >> and greatest" and focusing on higher numbers (in various specs) or a > >> longer list of features, is generally a good way to make products. > > > > if you are Nikon or Canon and your market is professional journalists > > and such-like then it is the only way to make products, because if > > they don't make them someone else will and they will end up as also- > rans. > > > > Pentax had a big slice of that market once. > > Of course the main reason professional journalists flock to Nikon and > Canon is service and loaner programs. And of course there is the sheep > thing. Some pros shoot Canon and Nikon because it's the pro thing to > do.. Full frame is hardly a factor, until you get to the rarefied > atmosphere of Vogue covers or Sports Illustrated spreads. And even > there, I'm sure one could get by quite nicely with the 40 meg images a > K-5 produces. >
Possibly so. Nobody ever claimed the market was rational. B -- 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.
