Re: just talked to Pentax ...(about the MZ-S)

[Pål Jensen]

Alan wrote:

> But to be serious, I believe they have learnt that their top end bodies did 
> not sell very well (really belong to Nikon, Canon and Minolta), so they have 
> been very careful when it comes to top end bodies. 


Actually, Pentax has been far more sucessful than Minolta regarding sales of expensive 
bodies.

>Afterall, they cannot 
> make too many mistakes like the LX, the SFX series and the Z-1 series did. 
> And a product line is nothing without enough earning.


The LX was extremely sucessful and I believe the SFX was too judging from the number 
autofocus F lenses (1.5 million)
they sold in the 2-3 years they were offered. In comparioson, the FA series took 7 
years to reach the same volume.


Pål

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