--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Pentax To Sell Tokyo HQ, Quit Low-Profit Ops To > Lift Corp Value > > > > TOKYO (Nikkei)--Pentax Corp. plans to sell its > Tokyo headquarters and > > withdraw from less profitable businesses under > strategies the camera maker > > has > > crafted to block a takeover bid by optical glass > manufacturer Hoya Corp. , > > The > > Nikkei learned Wednesday. > > =========== > > > > I think that gives the news a slightly different > slant. > > Yes, that makes a heck of a lot more sense. I can't > imagine the 645D would be > particularly profitable, and even though I'm > disappointed in its demise, I > can't say I'm surprised. Of all the pro studio > photographers I met while > working at Reed's (many dozens, at least), maybe two > of them used digital > medium format. One only used it because he was > close friends with our > Hasselblad rep. > > While digital medium format is a nice idea and has a > few image quality > benefits, I just don't think it makes sense from a > cost point of view. > Unfortunately for us Pentaxians, Pentax needs to > stick with what will make them > money if they want to stay independant (and keep > their medical devices business > at the same time). > > This probably means the aperture simulator will > never show up again, even in a > hypothetical K1D. Pentax needs all the new-sales > revenue it can get right now. > > John
I wonder if a K1D with it's hypothetical FF sensor will even be a reality now. If they are focusing on beginners and advanced amateurs then I doubt a FF camera is on the horizion soon, if ever. Perhaps when the switch to FF becomes the norm in DSLR manufacturing maybe, but I wonder if Pentax will survive that long. This is interesting news considering the rumor posted the other day (from another forum) about the "new" cameras coming out in the fall. If they have not had an R&D program running parallel with the development of the 645D for a FF DSLR then I would call this a big blunder on their part. A full frame DSLR would sell in huge numbers vs. a MF digicam anyday...even if it were a piece of crap. I would buy one today as I'm learning to not much like the 4/3 system. I just don't see the quality in the smaller sensor even if I enjoy using the K10D. So, I would dump it in a hot minute for a FF camera that I can use all of my existing lenses on. At this point, I'm really wondering what is going on at Pentax. It may very well be a while before the reality of what is happening will be known for sure. -Brendan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
