All good points, P.J. Odds are good that you are right and my conjecture is all wet.
On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:27 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > But we all knew that was less than smart. Though Fuji seems to be doing a > pretty good job with their APS-C only system. (Though Fuji fanboys also > seem to have FF vs APS-C flame wars. Which is pretty funny considering that > for Fuji APS-C is full frame)*. > > *I've also seen full frame vs M43 flame wars on Panasonic and Olympus fora, > which is also pretty funny. > > > On 1/17/2016 9:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
