--- Bojidar Dimitrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > [snip] > > Now, where is Pentax? I feel that they have slowly > but surely abandoned > the market segment in which I am -- serious amateur. > If we ignore the > brilliant FA* 200-600/5.6, they don't have much for > sports or wild-life > professionals either. They seem to be concentrating > in the segment of > *ist and below. I have nothing against that, but I > wish Pentax would > come out and say if my assumption is correct, or > they are simply lacking > the money/people/resources to develop things faster.
>[snip] > Cheers, > Boz _______________________________________ Though I came to the PDML just recently, your own page has been an archive and working Encyclopedia at the same time. Wandering about trying to find your page, I discovered that PENTAX, like Kodak, has so many corporate irons in the scientific-space-medical fields, that Pentax "pro" or serious amateur cameras are just a sideline. PENTAX dominates in so many other imaging fields that mere "photography" is not enough of their corporate income structure to actually CARE about the needs of individuals like you and me or any latent "pros" who might want to shoot the Pentax brand. It would not surprise me at all if Pentax abandoned the SLR "camera" field entirely, including medium format. They do quite well with P&Ss and that is where they will probably draw the line. I too wish that you continue to monitor your page. While your page may have been a pure labor of love, I can sense that you might want to do for Canon what you've done for Pentax. That is, become the Canon archivist-historian-keeper of the flame. Sure there are plenty of Canon related pages out there, but few of them are as comprehensive, as incisive as your own Pentax page. Thanks Boz, Ed PS: No matter what else anybody thinks, I consider my Pentax PZ-1p and WR-90 P&S my /most valuable/ Pentax bodies. ===== I get it done with YAHOO! DSL!
