[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Heiko Hamann) wrote: >on 08 Aug 03 you wrote in pentax.list: > >>>Why, if you still can use most of you old lenses on the DSLR? Buying >>>Canon you'd have to buy a whole new set. > >>This is true, so it's not a decision to be taken lightly. But the >>existence of a clear upgrade path with the full-frame 1Ds makes it very >>tempting. > >Yes, but what about the time plan for such an upgrade? Let's say that >you won't buy a full-frame within the next two years. But within two >years the DSLR market will change a lot and maybe there will be a Pentax >full-frame available, then.
Weighing the *possibility* that Pentax might have a full-frame DSLR in the future against the *certainty* that Canon does have one now does not fill me with hope. >It's the same with PCs: if you buy a certain PC with the intention to >improve it in the future (maybe with a faster CPU), then you will find >that these possible improvements will be outdated, soon. The 1Ds of >today is no argument to change to Canon if you don't want to buy it >today but in two years. It is if I think it will take me that long to acquire a good selection of lenses to go with it. (Realistically, I think one year would be the approximate time-frame.) This is still all highly speculative, though. I'm not planning on switching at this point. Just evaluating the situation and weighing the options. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
