I do not believe FF DSLR cannot be made with AS that uses most FF lenses already in existance. If there are some longer lenses which cannot give a usable AS on a FF DSLR body, those could be offered in the lens. Its not worth abandoning FF completely just for AS, and it certainly wouldnt be worth abandoning FF just because a few lenses would not support it if thats the case. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 9:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax K 28mm f2.0 Lens Mark Roberts wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: > >> My hope for the K1D is pretty much a D200 equivalent. Sealed, 5fps, >> aperture simulator, 20+ RAW buffer, wireless flash control (Maybe >> upgraded to multi-group) multi-segment metering with non-A lenses >> (easily achieved by adding max aperture to the SR focal length >> selection) and improved AF. Basicly a pro body without the massive size >> of the integrated grip bodies. >> >> I think such a body would make some serious waves. And pretty much >> cement Pentax's status as the third major SLR maker today. > > That's pretty much what is coming: 14-15 megapixel CMOS sensor. Lower > crop factor then current APS-C but still small enough to use built-in > anti-shake. No aperture simulator, but most of the other stuff you > mentioned. > > I doubt we'll see more than ~12MP or a different crop factor. 1.5x is a workable crop factor and going larger gives potential problems with SR and DA lens image circle. You could either go larger or go SR, we got SR. I'm expecting 12.4MP CMOS from Sony (D2x sensor) or the 4 channel 10MP Sony sensor from the D200. I don't expect to see a non-Sony sensor in a flagship release and both of these sensors are proven designs. -Adam -- 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
