>He bought a K10D a long time after he was predicting Pentax's demise on >here, and he did so because his predictions about Pentax going belly up >were proved wrong.
Do you consider two years a long time? John. What is a prediction? A prediction is a statement regarding what one believes will happen inthe future. Future, future, future. While I disagree with you at the most basic level that he was predicting, or I was predicting, they would end up defunct, that was and still is, one of the many possible scenarios. In any case, I don't believe ANYONE stated anything with absolute surety, except possibly you making statements that not even Pentax management was making. > >Herb's motive was obvious when he told us that lens prices would go up >after Pentax went broke. It was a ridiculous belief, but it explained his >strategy. > I don't believe body prices would go up. Anyone that is in the hobby for photography's sake will change brands. Only collectors would pay a premium. > > You still don't get that no one said what was going to happen or when, > > just that it seemed likely it might. > >Good grief! If they didn't say WHAT would happen, how could they say that >it MIGHT? This complete absence of logic is sadly characteristic of >everything you say. Because John, REASONABLE people don't speak in absolute terms. We all spoke of WHAT MIGHT happen. And it is. > >Two names. Samsung. Hoya. Pentax is > > not, right now the same company it was 2 months ago, or 6 months. They > > will not be as autonomous as they once were (which may be the best > > thing). > > >> > >> He was of course as far from reality with that as with everything else. > >> If Pentax does disappear, I would think it is much more likely that > >> lenses will lose their value, but that the better bodies will gain. > >> People will want to be sure that they have a working body to use their > >> lenses with, so will buy one or two extra bodies as insurance. > >> Certainly, that's what I > >> shall do. > >> > >> John > >Oh brother. > > > Tom C. > >When you run out of arguments and self-justification you resort to "oh >brother". I was simply being kind and was at a loss for words. If I knew a camera company was going out of business I certainly would not run out and buy more of the same because it will eventually stop working, likely not be supported, and be worthless. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
