Actually it is a $1000 digital camera, the 22mm x 34mm ccd
is what you pay the other six grand for. I have said it
here before, and say it again. The only camera on the market
in that category right now is the Kodak DCS 460/560. They
recently dropped the price to $15,0000, so how do you feel
less than 1/2 that is too expensive?
You and I may not be able to afford one, but if someone will
be using it to make money it will pay for itself in six
months. There are already people using the Canon D-30 to do
weddings (I met someone just last Wednesday), but that is
not quite up to par, and you have to use an expensive wide
angle for a normal. 6mp is going to give a decent 8x10 and
the full frame ccd is going to allow use of normal lenses
(that is, a $100 28-80 instead of a $1500 17-35.
Nikon and Canon are also working on similar cameras. The
first to market with one of these full frame six megapixel
cameras is going to have a competitive advantage that will
last for years. It is just now becoming possible to make
that large a chip with decent yields, used to be that you
could only get one or two from a wafer.
--Tom
Todd Stanley wrote:
>
> I don't know if it's true or not, but it makes sense as I don't think there
> is a big enough market for a $7,000 K-mount camera to make it worthwhile.
> What Pentax needs to do is build the K1000 of digital SLRs - cheap,
> dependable, and simple. They'd probably sell truckloads of them.
>
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