Pål is an advanced user who has had top notch Pentax gear for many years. There aren't many left of that breed, but what they want is basically for Pentax to grow big enough to renew their range of top gear at a pace more comparable to Nikon and Canon.
Being beyond the entry-level stuff myself, I must say that I have sometimes become a bit disillusioned each time Pentax has released _another_ entry-level SLR and _more_ zooms in the normal range of aperture 3.5-5.6. Meanwhile, the top range see little renewal. Take for example: - the FA* 80-200/2.8 Powerzoom lens not changed since early nineties. - the FA* 28-80/2.8 The same. - 1.4x and 2x TC still manual focus. 3rd party vendors have made AF work. - AF and camera noise is as loud as ten years ago. Even counting the "sneezing hamster". The market for the top gear may be small, but the signal effect huge. I _do_ understand Pål's stance on this. Many people in his situation have given up waiting for a Pentax initiative to renew their top gear lineup. That said, I don't share Pål's pessimism. With the kind of photography I do, I have nothing to gain from switching brand, and I find _enough_ support for my kind of work in the Pentax line. As long as Pentax stays healthy as an enterprise, there's more goodies to come. We live in interesting times. Always. :-) Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:05 PM Subject: Re: No respect (again...) > You know, Pål, your kind of diminishing and disparaging comments > regarding Pentax's design efforts and new product releases is getting tiresome... > > Whenever someone says Pentax is doing something that could be possibly > construed as exciting, or ground-breaking (for them) you find words to > make it less so, or put it down. > > Why is that? > > keith whaley > > * * * * > > Pål Jensen wrote: > > > > Stephen wrote: > > > > > Sheesh! I thought the *ist D was pretty big news. > > > But what the hell do I know? > > > > I hate to repeate this again, but *ist D isn't great news outside the Pentax pond. Unfortunately, Pentax didn't use this oportunity to release a DSLR that is something special as opposed to very competent. > > > > Pål > >
