I agree. It's bizarre. Pentax never implied they were building a camera to challenge the MK II end of the market. I'm not disappointed by the price positioning. Rather pleased in fact. Surprised, but pleased. Paul On Aug 5, 2006, at 2:06 AM, John Celio wrote:
>> Thats all. $900. > > $800 body only, which is how I suspect you will buy it. > >> I was under the impression, and again i'm way off it seems, that the >> K10D was a big body camera, that would take a run at the D2X, the MK >> II etc. > > This boggles my mind. If you'd been paying attention to the photos > from > PMA, you'd have seen it was pretty much a better and slightly larger > *istD. > You can get a grip for it, much like the D, if you really want to > pretend > it's like those other cameras. > >> I was hope ing to buy a Pentax >> equivalent to the Nikon big bodies i have. > > Hmm, let's see... how well did the MZ-S do in the pro photographer > market? > How many pro photographers use 35mm or digital Pentax SLRs? Virtually > none, > you say? Well then, I don't see how Pentax could even hope to make any > money if they tried to get back into the high-end non-medium format SLR > market. Besides, they don't have the big glass that so many pros want > (from > my experience in the camera shop I work at, anyway). > > In short, Pentax could build it, but no one would come. No one aside > from a > few of us rabid fans, anyway. They'd go bankrupt and then we'd all be > buying Samsung cameras and lenses. > >> Dave, the disappointed, Brooks > > Should I send a whaaaaaaaambulance? > > John Celio > ...is utterly baffled by the expectations people have dreamt up for the > K10D... > > -- > > http://www.neovenator.com > > AIM: Neopifex > > "Hey, I'm an artist. I can do whatever I want and pretend I'm making a > statement." > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
