I'm really not sure what they would be competing about. As Bruce mentioned in the other post, the real competition here are the top end Nikon and Canon DSLRs. As nice as a big sensor may be, there just might not be much a market for it.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/28/05 12:07 PM >>> Maybe they think that they can challenge Rollie for the DMF market. Steve Desjardins wrote: >I hope they begin to see it as a misstep. An expensive MF digital is a >hugh non-mover. The whole format question no longer revolves around 35 >vs MF except for old lenses. > > >Steven Desjardins >Department of Chemistry >Washington and Lee University >Lexington, VA 24450 >(540) 458-8873 >FAX: (540) 458-8878 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/26/05 9:40 PM >>> >>>> >>>> >Based on history, the bone from Pentax isn't due for at least a few >more months. They're never going to release more than one new digital >SLR in a year. And while the D645 seemed a misstep, that announcement >may have been only a frantic attempt to remain in the MF market for a >while pending future development. I doubt if it precludes another DSLR > >in the interim. I remain somewhat optimistic and quite satisfied with >the *istD. >Paul >On May 26, 2005, at 7:50 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > >>On 27 May 2005 at 0:45, John Forbes wrote: >> >> >> >>>I hope Pentax will survive as a quirky niche player offering >>> >>> >petite, > > >>>highly ergonomic bodies and some superb lenses. >>> >>>For those Pentax doesn't, and won't, support, we can only say >>>farewell. >>>But for the other 98%, come on in, the water's lovely. Okay, it's a >>> >>> > > > >>>bit >>>chilly at the moment, but it'll warm up. >>> >>> >>I hope that they will survive too but I'm not reading their situation >> >> > > > >>with >>quite the positive twist you seem to be, I'd say that there was an >> >> >ice > > >>layer >>forming on the pond at this stage, heading where we can only >> >> >guess... > > >>Practically they really aren't throwing us any bones at the moment >> >> >are > > >>they? >> >> >> >>>John >>> >>>PS: Because I, too, was a little concerned about the future (I read >>> >>> > > > >>>too >>>many Herb Chong posts), I bought a second D body. >>>That both helped Pentax and gave me a backup/source of spares. >>> >>> >>Brave man. >> >> >>Rob Studdert >>HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >>Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >>UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ >>Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >> >> >> > > > > -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels. --Groucho Marx
