PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

[John Forbes]

I think Rob Studdert can explain better than I why larger sensors cost  
disproportionately more than smaller ones.  I believe the failure rate for  
large sensors is much higher.

The point is that if big sensors become cheaper to produce, then so will  
smaller ones.  There will always be a significant cost gap, and as a  
result cameras with smaller sensors will greatly outsell cameras with  
larger sensors.  Economies of scale for large sensor cameras will be very  
poor, so they will cost a lot to produce, and require a high selling price  
to make a profit.

If you doubt this, look at the price of full-frame Canons compared to  
their other lines.

John

  On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:00:16 -0000, Bob W <pdml at web-options.com> wrote:

> why do you think they won't bring out a ff body?
>
> And why would it be so much more expensive? If they get down to the
> price level which would allow the non-professional makers (ie not
> Canon or Nikon) to use them, then I imagine they'll be about the same
> price as smaller sensors, no?
>
> --
>  Bob
>
>>
>> > If every other manufacture brings out a FF body Pentax will
>> as well or
>> > they _will_ _die_.  Simple as that.
>>
>> But the others won't.  Simple as that.
>>
>> And actually it won't affect Pentax.  Any "full-frame" bodies
>> would be
>> much more expensive, and therefore in a separate market segment that
>
>> Pentax doesn't address.  Canon would suffer from the
>> competition, not
>> Pentax.
>>
>
>



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