they have given the entry level price point to the d800 and the up and coming d4x and whatever number canon will use for its large mp camera. these camera's, teamed up with the zeiss otus lenses and the zeiss 135mm apo lens will not allow hasselblad or phase one to compete. look at it this way d4x $8,000 3 otus lens $12,000 zeiss 135 apo lens $2,100= about $22,000. if nikon and canon, as rumors has been implying, release these cameras with high 40's to low 50's mp sensor i believe a vast majority of photographers contemplating moving up to a mfdb will have second thoughts about making the move. so pedro, like you i would like to see a low cost entry level mfdb, the chance of that happening is nil and none.
You forget one thing… which is that: "The available resolution of D800/E has had a
negative impact to its sales" not a positive one… There are a number of people that would prefer lower analysis, while the
vast majority would prefer the "dual" version to be: D800E=36mp (as is) and D800=16mp (the current D4 sensor). In fact, Sony decided on the A7/A7R
better than Nikon did, by providing different resolution cameras… The problem with this kind of thinking, is that
you assume that possible customers of these cameras are buying them
as an alternative to MF cameras… well,
they are not!, only a few do and the volume is
incosiderable to measure for DSLR makers..., what matters for them is
total sales not how to satisfy some tenths (hundreds the most) of amateurs that are buying MF to maximise resolution as if this would matter to photographic quality… Besides, there are no such rumours… only posts of some lunatics in DPR that like to multiply sensor areas with respect to pixel size as if this is feasible… (which is not!).
