I agree. I found this column lacking in substance. But I do read his work when I happen across it. Paul On Sep 3, 2006, at 3:32 PM, John Francis wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
