[quote="viewfinder"]If Pentax wantsw to stay in the game then they will have to make FF models eventually as the market is moving that way....
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Huh?
I haven't noticed too many full frames being launched recently.

It seems to me that there is tiny group of people who are convinced full frame digital is the answer to their prayers. When and if they come out at a price most people can afford it will be the same group of people who complain about them endlessly and will demand bigger better faster.....
As I said before if you really want a full frame then go buy a Canon.
Hire one for a few days and see if you think they are worth the money.

1, No
2, the market is too small - the cost of a full frame would be very high, which would automatically limit the market. Pentax would not only have to develop a ff camera but a whole new range of lenses. This would do away with backward compatibility, one of Pentax's strong points.
3, see above


What is the point in keeping on whinging about an FF camera? If you really want fork out the dosh and get the Canon. As far as I am concerned APS has too many advantages to go FF.
I can see there would be a market for the digital 645 but that is a real niche market.

Happy Australia Day Clarky and all you other Aussies out there.

I just enjoyed a funny PP show from a friend in Perth which reminded me!

But what is the point then in buying a weatherproofed camera, such as the K200D, and then not have some lenses to go with it at a price the average K200D buyer can afford? Could they not offer a middle range - with weatherproofing but without the optical qualities/speed of the * lenses, at an affordable price?

Pity it's only the *lenses that are weatherproofed .

or €879
Sounds Ok to me if it come in at that price here too - the cheapest I can get a new K10D is around €620.

Mmm, I'm off to the US of A in May

Just heard the price of this lens - €1200 Make that two banks I need to rob.
All my contacts on the ABN trading floor, and those I knew in the IT dept, got the sack a couple of years back when they were surplus to requirements. (Hubby had a long contract ther a few years back helping design part of the trading floor software.)

Word from a supplier here is that the K20D will be available from April, the K200D a month earlier. Price for the K20D not yet announced, but he expects around the same as the K10D was at launch (+/- €1000).
Get saving ....

Oh and I also hear that the new DA300mm* lens will have a minimum focussing distance of just 1.4m. Now THAT sounds interesting


Now where was that bank I could rob?

McBrian, I am not expecting to pay 500 pounds for the K20D.
If Olympus can produce a tiltable turnable screen on the E3 then I see no reason not to hope for something similar on the K20D. The E3 has a similar price to that proposed for the K20D after all.
I just feel it is an opporunity missed, that is all.

The only thing I am surprised about is that the screen isn't tiltable or removable (as was remoured) for live view. Live view with a fixed screen, even one with a wide angle view is still pretty pointless imho.

Pentax NL still have no info on the K20D on their site