Cornelius Nuzzlemuff III wrote:
Why is it seemingly so difficult to produce a camera with a full
frame (35mm) sensor, if Pentax and many others have/will have MF
digitals surely one of these sensors could be used, even if it has to
be masked?
The larger the sensor the lower the production yield and hence the
higher the cost. Currently it's only possible to produce full-frame
sensors in camera bodies that are priced for the professional market.
Pentax have chosen to make their first large-sensor camera a medium
format body rather than a 35mm one because they have judged that the
people who will buy such a camera (from Pentax) are more likely to have
an existing investment in MF lenses than 35mm ones.
S
