I expect that Pentax would see it that way if the 645d released. Add in the latest functionality and steal a march on the competition. After all we haven't seen the final product just preproduction mock ups.
Adam Maas wrote: > I dunno where the silly idea that the D3 is 1.1x crop comes from, maybe > those pre-announcement rumours about the 1.1x Sony sensor. It's no such > thing. > > The D3 has a 36mm by 23.9mm sensor. It's 1.0x crop, all of 0.1mm shorter > and just as wide as a 35mm frame. In fact it's larger than the 5D's > sensor (5D is 35.8x23.9mm) as well as the original 1Ds (which was around > 1.05x crop) > > And the 645D body design that was shown lacked the controls for SR, so > it almost assuredly lacked SR. But it would be technically possible on a > 1.3x crop body. > > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> I think that SR will still work with a 1.1x to 1.3x crop. The Nikon FF >> is really more like a 1.1x crop. If the 645d actually arrives it already >> has a 1.3x crop factor by it's announced specifications, what makes you >> think it wouldn't have had SR to begin with. >> >> >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Cotty wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 01/10/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> When an >>>>>> ~24x36mm camera is released we'll probably see more D FA lenses, not >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> before. >>>> >>>> >>>>> If. >>>>> >>>>> ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> With Nikon in the pool and Sony any day now it's pretty much inevitable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> That depends on whether or not Pentax decides to play in that price >>> point. Up to now they haven't. An FF body would be a serious move >>> upmarket for pentax, would cost them the SR that has been one of >>> Pentax's defining features in the current generation, and would require >>> Pentax release a number of new lenses. >>> >>> Frankly, I think the return of the 645D is more likely. Or maybe a 645D >>> with SR and a 35mm FF sensor. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
