They haven't backed themselves into a corner. They made a business decision based on sensor cost vs. the quality that could be achieved with APS-C. Based on the way things are going in terms of both new products and sales, it looks like they made the right decision. The only brigade that's screaming like stuck pigs is that small group that continues to insist that they must have full frame, yet refuse to buy from companies that sell full frame. Paul On Aug 22, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
> On 23/08/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Do you mean like when they decided to go with APS-C and call the >> new lenses >> 'digital lenses'? Which all the mfrs, did as a means to get into >> the DLSR >> market quickly, cut costs on DSLR production, and sell a wagonload >> of new >> lenses? >> >> Like that? :-) > > Yep, pretty much. :-/ > > I guess part of the problem with moving forward at this point is that > they've backed themselves into a corner to a degree, moving to full > frame sensor technologies will have the cropped lens brigade screaming > like stuck pigs. > > -- > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
