Re: Samsung DSLR announced

[P. J. Alling]

Pentax is what, around 4-6 months behind the gun right now in coming 
out with a body that competes on a par with the low-end Canon (I 
honestly haven't paid enough attention to know what Nikon's doing)? 
You can bet though, that most consumers with $1K to spend on a DSLR, 
will opt for an 8MP model over a 6MP model.

Which is why there's a rumored 9mp model, based on a Pentax *ist-Ds2/L 
body soon to be released.  Probably using the Samsung name, (we've seen 
images), and maybe as a Pentax as well.  I now begin to believe that 
there will actually be a New *istD2, sooner rather than later, probably 
with a 12-13mp APS sensor, maybe even with in body anti shake 
technology, or 1.3x crop factor, or <gasp> maybe both. 


Tom C wrote:

From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

The majority of the digital market is and always will be Consumer 
Electronics, the camera market is by and large a side-show for even 
the low-end DSLR's.


I can't argue with that.

Based on the premise (true or not) then, that most digital camera 
purchasers are not *seriously* into photography as a hobby or 
profession, and are merely consumers with expendable income, does that 
bode well for our favorite company producing serious equipment?  By 
"serious" I mean, gear that competes on a par with it's competitors at 
the same time as it's competitors. I know there's the 645 digital, but 
that will never be a mainstream product.

Pentax is what, around 4-6 months behind the gun right now in coming 
out with a body that competes on a par with the low-end Canon (I 
honestly haven't paid enough attention to know what Nikon's doing)? 
You can bet though, that most consumers with $1K to spend on a DSLR, 
will opt for an 8MP model over a 6MP model.

Anyway, I'm not trying to be anti-Pentax.  I don't know what the 
future holds.  I'm just saying there's more than one way to view the 
developments.

Tom C.





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