>> For a second rate company, they do pretty well. >> > > Try shooting with a mid range or higher Canon somtime. > Have a look at the D40. > In 1972, Pentax was still more or less a big player in the marketplace, > though they were already at least a generation out of step. > People want decent lenses to be sure, and they can get that from any camera > maker, but more than that, they want technological sophistication. That's true to a certain extent, but there are also many people who actually think it's more important that a product is easy to use and can do the job they want in an efficient manner, than that it's "advanced", "modern" or "high-tech", and who value usability more than features, or should I say "feature creep"? Those are the ones Pentax seem to be targeting, and I rather like them for it.
It sort of makes me wish that Pentax were producing mobile phone, because then I might be able to buy one that's, well, a phone - and not an MP3 player, GPS, radio, Filofax, games console, toaster... Or a camera for that matter ;-) > Right > now, that means fast AF, and high frame rates. It's been about that for some > 20 years, and Pentax has been way behind the curve for all of it. > > William Robb > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
