Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, James Klebau 
<jklebau@i...> wrote:
> And from those of us that use an Nikon F4 or F5 day in and day out- 
God, I
> hope so!

On photo.net two weeks ago one of the regular posters linked to a 
photo industry website with an interview with a senior Nikon R&D 
manager, who said "not for a long time, if ever".

I really think Nikon has got itself into deep doo-doo on this problem.

If they are going to stick with a 60% sensor size then they will 
forever be at the competitive disadvantage of making bodies and 
lenses with all the size and weight and cost of a full-format 35, but 
without the advantages.   Canon's cameras and lenses will, of course, 
be the same size, but at least with them you can use full-format.   
Other competitors such as olympus and Pentax will have smaller 
sensors, but with smaller, lighter, cheaper bodies and lenses to go 
with them.     So Nikon is sticking its customers with the worst of 
both worlds.