Hmm...I'll have to take your word for it - since I can't see a recognizable word in that text other than 'aps'...
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Konica, Leica and many others...
--"PENTAX ENTER INTO DSLR MARKET
Pentax is going to enter into DSLR market next spring. At the same
time,
they will cut (optimise) the number of current film based SLR
product lines
(currently 6 basic lines) to less than half. Number of models of
P&S, MF
will be also optimised to half. By doing this, Pentax intend to
shift their
emphasis to digital cameras, raise their profile in the digital camera
market which is making a healthy growth.
At present, DSLRs have been marketed by Nikon, Canon and Kyocera, and
Fuji/Kodak who utilize Nikon bodies. In next spring, Olympus is
going to
enter the market with their own standard, and it is obvious that the
competition becomes fierce.
Pentax is now making the final preparation with the adoption of APS
size
sensor, and intend to limit the price points to $2,000 level
(editor's note:
This could be interpreted anywhere between $2,000 and $3,000).
Although
DSLRs with larger sensor could render better details and gradation,
the body
size become larger and the price would be far more expensive at
$7,000.
By adopting the APS size sensor, Pentax can limit the price within the
affordable level and pursue the compactness of the body size.
At the same time, Pentax will release a few (more than one) SLR
lenses in
the wide angle range. Market share of Pentax last year was P&S
25%, SLR 12%
and MF 40%. By optimising the number of models of film camera,
Pentax will
increase the sales per model, hence increase the profitability as
well.
Exciting news for all us Pentax (and previous Pentax - I just sold
my LX because I thought I'd never see this day... I still have
lenses though)
owners.
Cheers,
Dave
Sort of. They had (by all accounts) a full frame dslr ready to go into production, but they decided that it wasn't price competitive and pulled the plug. I bet Contax wishes they did that now! The Pentax and the Contax were rumored to use the same chip, Pentax decided that they weren't going to sell enough $7000 to make it worth their while, but at the time of the plug-pulling, they did also say that they were continuing to persue less expensive digital SLR options. I would like to officially start the Foveon speculation now (PLEASE PENTAX!).
--"PENTAX ENTER INTO DSLR MARKET
Pentax is going to enter into DSLR market next spring. At the same
time,
they will cut (optimise) the number of current film based SLR
product lines
(currently 6 basic lines) to less than half. Number of models of
P&S, MF
will be also optimised to half. By doing this, Pentax intend to
shift their
emphasis to digital cameras, raise their profile in the digital camera
market which is making a healthy growth.
At present, DSLRs have been marketed by Nikon, Canon and Kyocera, and
Fuji/Kodak who utilize Nikon bodies. In next spring, Olympus is
going to
enter the market with their own standard, and it is obvious that the
competition becomes fierce.
Pentax is now making the final preparation with the adoption of APS
size
sensor, and intend to limit the price points to $2,000 level
(editor's note:
This could be interpreted anywhere between $2,000 and $3,000).
Although
DSLRs with larger sensor could render better details and gradation,
the body
size become larger and the price would be far more expensive at
$7,000.
By adopting the APS size sensor, Pentax can limit the price within the
affordable level and pursue the compactness of the body size.
At the same time, Pentax will release a few (more than one) SLR
lenses in
the wide angle range. Market share of Pentax last year was P&S
25%, SLR 12%
and MF 40%. By optimising the number of models of film camera,
Pentax will
increase the sales per model, hence increase the profitability as
well.
Exciting news for all us Pentax (and previous Pentax - I just sold
my LX because I thought I'd never see this day... I still have
lenses though)
owners.
Cheers,
Dave
Misha
I think that's a good thing to speculate on : ))
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I expect Kodak is already sending to perspective buyers the specifications of the sensor they will introduce with the so called Olydak system
