I will be very surprised if Pentax doesn't move to both ends of the market. Success at the bottom end depends in part on maintaining a rep for good top of the line products. No, we won't see a Mark II equivelant from Pentax, but I fully expect top shelf prosumer cameras. Of course, the list generally gravitates to the gloom and doom prognosis. Remember that just a couple of years ago much of the list was absolutely certain that Pentax would never introduce a DSLR. Despair is us. Paul
> Frank Wajer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >simple question: shoudl I get an istD or istDs, or should I wait for the > >next > digital SLR. Will Pentax bring us a newer digital SLR, with the Sony rumours? > > It depends on what kind of DSLR you want to get and how long you're > willing to wait. I'd bet my bottom dollar that the next Pentax DSLR, and > probably the next 2 or three, will be down market from the ist-D and DS. > It's just a simple fact of economics that that's where the money is. The > D-70 saved Nikon's arse and they're moving relentlessly toward less > expensive cameras. Pentax will be doing the same - count on it. > I believe the next few Pentax DSLR's will have pentamirrors rather than > pentaprisms, for example. Smaller, dimmer viewfinders like the Rebel and > D-70. Less metal and more plastic in construction. SD rather than CF > cards. > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com >
