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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
03-16-2007, 03:40 PM
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It's really nice if the prices drop a lot, but you have to keep in mind that there will be a bottom point that the prices can't go below. This is very evident in new technologies where design and development costs are very high which in turn makes the early products very expensive then the prices drop dramatically afterwards. This was the case with digital cameras some years back. Did we reach that bottom point or not? I think we are close.
What I'm seeing for the coming 24 months are more additional features and enhancements and a slight decline in prices. Typically, people will spend the same amount of money on a camera but demand much more features. So, in 24 months the new entry level DSLR will have more features inherited from the current amateur DSLR.
Full frame? I doubt that very much. I think manufacturers still have a room to push the APS-C sensor a little more to produce cleaner more detailed images and pocket the savings from not going FF. The sensor is by far the most expensive commodity in a camera. Just look at the Canon 5D. It's inferior to the Nikon D200 in almost every aspect except for it's sensor (and of course high ISO performance), yet it's priced at almost double that of the D200. This will be the case unless a major breakthrough in sensor technology happens and even then it's going to be years until that technology is harnessed and production goes mainstream.
Besides, manufacturers are digging themselves deeper and deeper in APS-C size. They aren't going to abandon that technology easily and deem most of their newest lenses obsolete.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-28-2006, 05:00 PM
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That's nice to hear. I've pre-ordered mine from Olds Value. I'm counting the minutes :(
Hesham
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