Re: So who would buy... (was:Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA)

[Herb Chong]

selling an upscale DSLR has nothing to do with stealing users from Canon or 
Nikon. it's to prevent people like me who have strong needs for capabilities 
not in the *istD or *istDs that prevent me from getting the shots i want. 
high reliability tracking AF, higher frame rate with much faster write speed 
and much larger buffer, and more megapixels. as much as i like Pentax glass, 
it isn't attached to a camera that does what i need an important fraction of 
the time in my shooting.

until and unless Pentax produces such a camera, as soon as someone tops out 
the capabilities of the current Pentax bodies when they need the capability, 
they'll switch. if they are just getting into SLRs but are thinking of the 
future, having a very low capability ceiling means that people will look 
elsewhere. telling people that buying an entirely new medium format system 
to "go pro" with Pentax is a non-answer for those that can't or won't leave 
the 35mm body size.

a Canon 1D Mk2 and a set of L lenses is in the budget for May or June unless 
Pentax makes a concrete and useful announcement before then. in case anyone 
gets the wrong idea, none of my Pentax gear is for sale, except possibly my 
unused ZX-5n kit. i'm keeping the rest for the foreseeable future, and i am 
fairly sure i will be getting more Pentax glass anyway.

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:51 PM
Subject: RE: So who would buy... (was:Special Interview with PENTAX @PMA)


Pentax, at least in the near future, will be unable to sell a camera equal
to Canon and Nikon high-end DSLR's in performance >at a competing price
because they have a lot smaller customer base and will achieve much 
smaller
volumes.
MF based DSLR is a totally different kettle of fish that justify higher
prices and lower volumes.
This makes sence. It's  probably one of the main reasons, that the MZ-D 
was
never released.
Also, the only pro costumers Pentax really (still) has are the ones using
MF.