There's no reason to believe that any of what you say here is true. Paul On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:21 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
> Hey, I knew you were kidding. But I'm speaking from experience. I've > worked for companies who've made that change. Gone from product > companies and changed to marketing companies. The first thing to go is > respect for their customers, (after the loss of large numbers of > employees, first in production, then R&D). Pentax is on that road. > I'm > not going to say that they didn't need to do something like that to > survive. I think it's more sad than anything else. It's the end of an > era. > > Aaron Reynolds wrote: > >> On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:57 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> >> >>> It was sold as the new top of the line, >>> >>> >> >> Bullshit. It was sold as the only film camera still made by Pentax. >> It was not sold as the pro-grade F5 competitor. Just because it was >> the only film camera they made anymore, that doesn't make a pro-level >> or "top of the line" camera, even if semantically it is. >> >> >> >>> I have no doubt that >>> Pentax will change sensors as soon as it makes economic sense to do >>> so. >>> If a 1.3 crop or full frame 35mm sensor is released next week with a >>> price/quality ratio that makes economic sense. Don't doubt that >>> those >>> DA lenses will be suddenly obsolete. >>> >>> >> >> ...because they no longer fully support 30 year old lenses, though >> they >> offer partial support. Uh, sure, I follow you there -- they took 30 >> years to do it the first time around, but this time they're going to >> do >> it right away because I HATE THEM, THAT'S WHY!! I DON'T NEED ANY >> REASON BEYOND MY IRRATIONAL HATE!! LOOK AT ME, I'M P.J. ALLING!! I >> MAKE NO SENSE BUT BOY DO I EVER HATE PENTAX!! >> >> I'm joking -- I don't think you really hate them. But seriously, >> that's all I get from your posts. Why do you really think they're >> going to do this? >> >> -Aaron >> >> >> > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > > -- > 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
