Boris wrote: > > With cautious optimism diluted with a small portion of educatedness I > submit to the court that I am starting to get a feeling of deja vu > from mid 2000's when we had plethora of cameras all sporting the very > same 6 MP sensor... Anyone else care to join me in my deja vu? >
In my opinion, Pentax must up the ante. With Nikon bringing a 24MP low-end to market, Pentax will be slaughtered if they keep producing cameras with the same 16MP sensor. It doesn't matter how could the sensor is, or how good the IQ from the camera is. Both those items are qualities that come to bear only AFTER the sale is made. Low-light/high-ISO performance is overall not that important for a significant number of potential buyers. Is it desirable? Yes. But the simple fact is that most people typically take shots in bright sunlight or indoors with flash, and either won't notice or won't mind when the camera occasionally lets them down. An 8 MP difference is the entire image resolution of the 2nd generation DSLR's. It looks significant on paper and, like it or not, is probably the single most significant number buyers look at when purchasing a digital camera, aside from price. Tom C. -- 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.
