Re: Future of DA lenses

[Herb Chong]

i seriously doubt FF from Pentax is in the works for a very long time. why 
make a mediocre spec FF sensor body at that price when you can make a high 
spec one with a APS sensor? FF sensor prices aren't going to change much for 
at least 2-3 years.

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: Future of DA lenses


Ahh... Thought you'd never ask...
I'd want a FF sensor, general K mount compatibility, no loss of features 
from the *ist D, with a minimum of double the MP of the *ist D, hopefully 
triple.  I'd like to see improvements in buffer size and throughput, and 
the ability to use CF or SD would be nice.

Given that, I'd be willing to pay around 2X - 3X the price I paid for the 
*ist D.  So assuming it was 12MP, I'd like to see a price between $3000 - 
$3500.  If it was 18MP +/- 2MP then I'd be willing to pay $4000 - $5000.

I don't think that price point is too untenable, especially since I 
wouldn't expect to see something like that in the next 12 months.