Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:11:24 -0500 > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Sigma SD-1 Lower Price..... > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > A camera which falls in price from ten grand to two grand in a year is not > a > dream camera. Its a failed concept. The idea that the serious photo world > is > going to get excited about a cropped camera system failed. Not matter how > you stack the RGB matrix; it is a cropped camera. > > -- > Mark R. The Nikon D800 with 36.3 Mp (real - not fudged) and a price just over $3,000 will be arriving at photo dealers in March with the D800E (no moire filter) arriving a month later. Sigma didn't have much choice but to lower its price no matter how you count pixels. Howard