It was never indicated that the K1D would be full frame. It will merely be an upgrade from the K10D, which suits me just fine. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- [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
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