On 2 Jun 2005 at 10:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Either your needs have changed or Pentax has changed over the last few years, > or > you have simply misunderstood Pentax' philosophy (if they have any) from the > beginning. I can't see much change in Pentax over the years I've used them, > so > maybe it's you.
I think you actually alluded to the problem that a lot of long term users have with Pentax because you do understand it. They don't have a positive definitive direction, product and marketing wise they have really headed in all directions for some years now. This is not a great way to run a company. Consider the radical departure from the Z series bodies to the MZ and finally MZ-S, they were very different operationally and ergonomically. Then came the MZ-D fiasco which must have cost the company a small fortune in lost development revenues and consumer confidence. The fact that they then embarked on a complete departure from the MZ-S/D in the design of the *ist D line I assume cost them more cash and resources. The MZ-S and MZ-D should never have happened, though the MZ-S was a beautiful camera the development of the pair were plain and simple bad management decisions. And I'd bet to top it off they played a part in the significant delay in the release of the first Pentax DSLRs too. Canon however has a history of continuity in design, good production management and regular releases. Granted Canon is a more affluent company and realistically Pentax could never hope to compete on a 1:1 basis with them, but really my guess is that through poor management it stifled many great opportunities in the market. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
