Much to what you say, Rob. At one time Pentax was an engineering company run by
engineers. Then they decided they had to change, but seem never to have decided
"change to what?".
graywolf
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Rob Studdert wrote:
On 2 Jun 2005 at 10:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Either your needs have changed or Pentax has changed over the last few years, or
you have simply misunderstood Pentax' philosophy (if they have any) from the
beginning. I can't see much change in Pentax over the years I've used them, so
maybe it's you.
I think you actually alluded to the problem that a lot of long term users have
with Pentax because you do understand it. They don't have a positive definitive
direction, product and marketing wise they have really headed in all directions
for some years now. This is not a great way to run a company.
Consider the radical departure from the Z series bodies to the MZ and finally
MZ-S, they were very different operationally and ergonomically. Then came the
MZ-D fiasco which must have cost the company a small fortune in lost
development revenues and consumer confidence. The fact that they then embarked
on a complete departure from the MZ-S/D in the design of the *ist D line I
assume cost them more cash and resources.
The MZ-S and MZ-D should never have happened, though the MZ-S was a beautiful
camera the development of the pair were plain and simple bad management
decisions. And I'd bet to top it off they played a part in the significant
delay in the release of the first Pentax DSLRs too. Canon however has a history
of continuity in design, good production management and regular releases.
Granted Canon is a more affluent company and realistically Pentax could never
hope to compete on a 1:1 basis with them, but really my guess is that through
poor management it stifled many great opportunities in the market.
Rob Studdert
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