Trying to base this on history:
#1 What are Pentax' professional market cameras?
645n, 645nII, 67II, MZ-S
#2 What then are the probable professioanl targets
for digital enhancement?
645n, 645nII, 67II, MZ-S
#3 What would need to be the condition for having
digital with each of these bodies?
a. Must be highly profitable
b. Must be rapidly producable.
#4 What will be the requirement of each body for
having a digital enhancement available?
MZ-S -- When sensor prices drop?
67II -- Only with leaf-shutter lenses
645n -- Only with leaf-shutter lenses
645nII -- Only with leaf-shutter lenses
(Using a L/S lens would allow more versatility
with the dynamic abilities of the sensors.)
4) Pentax, the last major co. to go to a bayonet
mount and survive in spite of being so late,
looks to be the last with a serioius digital
body. But they have had the uncanny ability
to survive because their marketing abilities
appear to be very effective when they have
the right product. (It just takes too long
to create the right product.)
The net results *in the next year* will be:
1) We will not see pro-grade digital from Pentax.
2) We will see 2 more Limited lenses from Pentax.
(This will have to pacify us for now.)
3) One Limited lens will be for the 645 bodies.
4) I wouldn't be surprized to see the next
35mm Limited lens to be a leaf shutter!
Collin
--
Collin Brendemuehl, KC8TKA
-----------------------
"Get over it."
Dr. Laura
--
-
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 .
