Gfen wrote: > > Wouldn't it make more sense, though, since film is already assumed to be > dead by your average consumer in the US and Europe, but its still got a > ways to go to MF and pro usage. > > Again, I'm not Pentax scholar, or business scholar, but it seems like > there's a wide open market, and they could actually beat others to the > punch and deliver one killer professional solution, which will someday > have a drop-in digital insert.
Congratulations! You've just made the cardinal sin of applying common sense to Pentax marketing! :-) > Doesn't the 645 have capacity for 6 auxillary AA batteries in its grip, as > well as whatever batteries in the main unit? That's a perfect power source > for a digital back, isn't it? It certainly is a perfect power source for IS. BTW The more conspiratory among us can perhaps figure out if Pentax made changes to the 645 lens mount to provide for IS when they upgraded the 645N to the 645NII. P�l

