On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 12:22:55PM +1000, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 03/09/06, George Sinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Keppler always has an interesting take on the industry. He's been > > around long enough to put things into perspective. > > > > He's authored this article on the battle for the 10% of the DSLR > > market not owned by the big two. > > > > <http://www.photoreporter.com/article.asp?issueID=&num=15&vol=15&articleType=fc&articleID=964> > > > > If that link doesn't' work go to <www.photoreporter.com> > > > > The article is "The Way It Is, Grabbing a Piece of the DSLR Pie" > > Interesting, it makes sense to me and accords with a lot of reports I've read.
I didn't really find too much in it that I agreed with. It seemed to place far too much importance on the one (much reported) interview with a Pentax official which hinted at a forthcoming "K1000", and built a shaky edifice on that one questionable foundation. For one thing, it's possible that the name may well have been still in flux at the time of the interview. Or, alternatively, it may have been fixed at K100D, but somebody somewhere along the line misread that as K1000 (easy enough to do, especially when reading handwritten notes). Then there's the criticism of Pentax for going after market share by adding glitz and eye candy to their entry-level models. Pentax are not the only manufacturer doing this, by a long chalk. Nor, for that matter, is a bad idea in my opinion (although I know others disagree). Furthermore it seems to suggest that the marketing hype over megapixels is what is driving the high end of the market. This seems to fly in the face of the evidence that Nikon can still do quite well with bodies that do not score well on the pure megapixel scale. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
