Originally posted by noVICE Btw, Thanks Adam for your efforts. I don't think the naysayers get the point of all this. Whether Pentax goes for it or not at least they know that there is demand for FF bodies and this MAY prompt them to look into it.
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Not only does it make a strong statement about the demand for full frame, but it comes from the two largest Pentax communities on the web (that I know of anyway). Who knows, they may even be eavesdropping on this very thread.
The business world in the last few years has begun to pay close attention to what they call "promoters and detractors." Here you have an enormous group of promoters who can articulate exactly what they desire in completely unambiguous terms. Try extrapolating that from a market survey of average folks on the street.
Sure, maybe we aren't representative of the camera buying population at large, and the marketing department will certainly have to take that into consideration, but
we are the promoters. Our opinions will have a big influence on the lay person's camera buying decision. I mean really, who walks into a brick-and-mortar store anymore and just asks the clerk to make a recommendation? People do their homework, especially when buying something as important as a full frame DSLR.