Who knows? I expect we'll at least see a 1.3 crop sensor at some point. Eventually, we'll see whatever the market can support. It's all about supply, demand and profitability. Things will sort themselves out. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jaume Lahuerta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, but when talking about full frame, there was always the argument saying > "there will be no FF because this means 'professionals' and Pentax covers > this > segment with its MF line". > > So no 'professionals' anymore? No upgrade path if you want to go beyond what > APS-C sensors can offer (and what is supported by the new line of K-mount > lenses)? > > Jaume > > ----- Mensaje reenviado ---- > De: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: viernes, 1 de junio, 2007 16:41:09 > Asunto: Re: Don't shoot the messenger ;-) > > Shoot the messenger? Sounds like good news to me: "A new focus on highly > profitable digital SLRs." The abandonment of the MF development had become > pretty much an obvious direction as time went on and as the K digitals proved > quite successful. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >From "The Nikkei Business DailyJun/01/2007 10:06 GMT" > > > > "Hoya's Suzuki previously implied that a sell-off of the camera > > business could be imminent, but he indicated otherwise at the Thursday > > press conference. "We can afford the camera operation if we focus on > > particular fields," he said." > > > > "Within Pentax, a project to bolster the camera operation is quietly > > under way with a new focus on highly profitable digital SLRs. To > > concentrate its limited resources on most promising items, it will > > freeze for the time being development of medium format digital > > cameras, which tend to be costly. Meanwhile, it will rebuild its > > compact digital camera operation by concentrating on > > higher-performance models, among other measures." > > > > "Hoya will begin takeover proceedings in early June, at which time the > > real battle for survival will begin for Pentax's camera operations." > > > > -- > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO > > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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