Pentax Roadmap

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By the same token you could argue that some people with DSLRs should downgrade to a point and shoot.

I've know several where this would probably be a good move!

I'm sure FF will be better for some shots than APSC, but for most users I doubt it would be noticable. Quite oftem for macro a SMALLER sensor is actually an advantage as you get increased DOF.

Going further to MF would have more impact, but the FF bregade seem to ignore that. Is it just because a 645D & lenses is going to set them back £££ while wishing for a 35mm 'full frame' is free!

A K-01 upgrade COULD be made with interchangable mounts one giving direct use of K mount lenses as currently, and another containg a focal reducer similar to the metabones speedbooster which would give the 35mm equivalent FOV with FF lenses. Designed properly AF etc would still be available, and a real benefit of the mirrorless system would be seen.

IMO it needs a viewfinder too, and the looks...

Not so sure the other manufacturers would all agree - sales for Nikon mirrorless, for example, have fallen well short of expectation, production has been scaled back and they are turning to DSLRs as the money earners.

But Nikon's attempt at mirrorless has been even more pathetic than Pentax, so that's hardly surprising ;P

But I don't think Pentax should go after the same market already served pretty well by Fuji/Sony/Olympus.

I wouldn't say the Q was pathetic, on the contrary, for it's size it's an amazing camera! Yes, it was overpriced at launch but now is a real bargain.

The K01 on the other hand, was a total 'design' disaster!!!!

FULL FRAME....invented by Oskar Barnack before the 1914-18 World War in the LAST CENTURY, simply because it used the cheapest available film, 35mm cine film which could take a double frame 36x24mm image if used on its side instead of vertically in cine cameras.

Great for film, which is still being made, (better than ever), but now that digital photography has freed us from the need to conform to arbitrary film sizes, I find it bizarre that some people wish to tie themselves to "36x24mm"

I am aware that I know far more people using their 'panorama format' mobile phones to do all their imaging, and getting surprisingly good results.

I see the "Medium Format" fans do not seem to be insisting on 6x9cm, 6x7, 6x6, 6x4.5, "Medium format full frames", seemingly happy with the Leica S 45x30mm, Pentax 645D 44x33mm or Hasselblad's 40x45mm.

In film equivalent, these "medium formats" are more like the almost defunct old "127" roll film format, 4x4cm, never the most popular...

I know that generally a larger negative/sensor/transparency can lead to a better quality image, mainly because it doesn't have to be enlarged as much, but there is no special magic in "full format" 36x24.

errr don't think so. certainly not for this bright boy. FF interests me not at all and the prices of canikon kit is a total put off. Pentax is right up my street as is APS-C kit.

If Pentax were to start producing a range of accessories again what would you like to see?

For me - perhaps a 2x teleconvertor or a birding telescope adaptor

Dave

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That's right. There was no rush to go from 36x24 to 24x18 using the same film stocks because the quality was worse, even though one could get 72+ photos from a roll of film.

John K

Well by definition this does not apply to you, nor does it me - since we have selected a system knowing that it does not offer FF. But have you noticed that we are in a minority

NOT that I am suggesting this is the only or even main reason people tend to choose with Canikon.

But reading the forums on Dpreview and ModelMayhem, it's certainly [b]A[/b] reason

But that isn't the case. Many Pentax users regularly use lenses that do offer FF. The only thing missing is a camera body to match!

John K