They already tried explaining the reasoning behind pursuing an APS-C only product line, and see where that got them.
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:56 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't imagine why they would go with a 42mp sensor. Extreme high > resolution mp sensors are for companies that don't have a medium format > solution on the shelf. What you want to do is educate the user base on why > they should want to aspire to having a medium format system, and make the > reasons for having a Pentax more compelling than the competition, and how > could it not be, since the competition is either outrageously priced or even > more outrageously priced? > > > On 1/17/2016 8:35 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >> I continue to believe that it will be the 42MP Sony sensor used in the >> Sony Sony a7R II and recently Cyber-shot RX1R II. A 36MP sensor would >> be a significant upgrade from the current 24.3MP APS-C line, of >> course, but that 36MP sensor has been around so long that I feel >> Pentax would be opening themselves up to "Why didn't I just switch >> brands when Nikon released the 800/800E 4 years earlier (though, to be >> fair, the Pentax offering would probably be better compared with the >> Nikon D810, which was introduced a mere TWO years ago). >> >> Based on what other manufacturer's full frame camera owners have said, >> a full frame sensor will definitely impact the selection of lenses you >> are satisfied with. You don't have to be a big pixel peeper to detect >> poor corner performance and this is the area that I expect to be the >> differentiator. Although it is "mind over matter". If you don't mind - >> it don't matter! >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 1:58 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 1/17/2016 12:51 PM, Kim Tang wrote: >>>> >>>> Good Sunday morning. >>>> >>>> Any bets as to what size sensor, in MP, the K-1 will have? 24, 36, 42? >>>> >>>> Manufacturer? >>>> >>>> How will a given size impact lens suitability? >>>> >>>> I'm coming from a K20D. >>>> >>>> Kim >>>> >>> Rumors I remember have it as the same sensor Sony used in their A7r. Be >>> nice if it's the same as the A7r II. >>> >>> -- >>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
