Hah... Ken who? :-)
Seriously, I don't think it's the users on this list that will create/not
create the demand in the big picture. If we had that kind of power and it
was a fact, Pentax would likely have adopted a different approach.
The thing Pentax did do is to trap me. I'd be not too happy if I'd bought
Canon 15 years ago (again not sure with regards to Nikon). To use Canon's
newest bodies I'd need a fairly recent lens, and my older lenses would be
pretty much obsolete, and I be repurchasing lenses. With Pentax all my
lenses work on everything I own, and I'm stuck without the body I want.
Tom C.
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Subject: Re: Samsung DSLR announced
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:23:18 +0800
So you haven't been reading Ken Rockwell's updates in the D200, then, Tom?
:)
I think someone mentioned a few months ago that Pentax' strategy was to get
a
good base of users up first. I think that's reasonable. And if only a small
percentage of those newbie users develop an interest, they will inevitably
start
looking at more expensive equipment. By then, they are locked into the
K-mount
system. It must be good for the rest of usn to create this demand.
I prefer the blue Schneider band to the green DA, too.
D
Quoting Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Based on the premise (true or not) then, that most digital camera
purchasers
>
> are not *seriously* into photography as a hobby or profession, and are
> merely consumers with expendable income, does that bode well for our
> favorite company producing serious equipment? By "serious" I mean, gear
> that competes on a par with it's competitors at the same time as it's
> competitors. I know there's the 645 digital, but that will never be a
> mainstream product.
>
> Pentax is what, around 4-6 months behind the gun right now in coming out
> with a body that competes on a par with the low-end Canon (I honestly
> haven't paid enough attention to know what Nikon's doing)? You can bet
> though, that most consumers with $1K to spend on a DSLR, will opt for an
8MP
>
> model over a 6MP model.
>
> Anyway, I'm not trying to be anti-Pentax. I don't know what the future
> holds. I'm just saying there's more than one way to view the
developments.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
