On May 10, 2007, at 9:27 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Precisely. One of the major purposes of the Canon 1Ds-II isn't just to > sell , well, the Canon 1Ds-II, it's to sell boatloads of Rebels. A > high-end camera goves you the street cred to move your low end > cameras.
You got that right. That's why Sony has been making a big deal of their forthcoming pro model, traipsing all around the world with their portable pyramid showroom. It's not just street cred in places like the USA, it's **prestige** in their home market. It's hard for an outsider to understand just how important this is in Japan. Pentax has really been hurt by the lack of a serious pro camera in recent years. They probably should have gone ahead and produced the full frame digital in spite of the problems with the Philips chip. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
