--- John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> From: Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sony now has a FF camera?
> > 
> > <channeling Seth and Amy from SNL>
> > 
> > Really, Pentax? You're going to allow Sony to jump
> > into the FF market ahead of you? Really? Sony? The
> > company that made the Walkman and the Betamax? I
> mean
> > you've been making SLR's since what, 1952? Sony's
> been
> > making them since...? Really?
> > 
> > ;-]
> > 
> > On the serious side, I don't really have much of a
> dog
> > in this race. FF isn't the end-all-be-all for me
> (and
> > some of the specs on the A900 aren't really that
> > impresive, ISO range and AF). And yes, yes,
> yes...I
> > realize that Sony has all the money in the world
> to
> > put into R&D and production. And we all know about
> > Pentax's marketing strategy and pro-sumer bias
> right
> > now, but for whatever reason a FF Sony camera
> being
> > out there without a Pentax rival chaps my hide a
> bit.
> > 
> > I should remember the thing is going to cost
> $3000.
> > Makes me feel a little bit better.
> > 
> > K, I'm done.
> > 
> > -Brendan
> 
> The upside would be that my wide angle prime would
> again be a wide angle 
> prime.
> 
> The downside is I couldn't afford it anyway.
> 

Right. That prime wouldn't use the SDM system, though.
But like you say, I wouldn't go $3K for a FF camera.
For now the K20 is working very nicely.

-Brendan

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