--- Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neither the F3 or the F1 made any money. They were expensive to built and > built by > hand. > Sales volume. 5000 units a month was a LOT for the most expensive 35mm slr > money > could buy.
I don't have any figure so I am not going to argue, though I have no idea where your figure came from either. > Super A's are thrown in the garbage and you consequently never hear about > them. Not impossible, but then the common rubber issue with the LX is clearly a wrong decision on design and choice of materials. > I don't really agree with this. When the Z-series were current the lens line > up > was mostly OK. The F:4 quality zooms was virtually non-existent from all > manufacturers back then; Canon didn't make them until the late 90's. By then > Pentax had lost interest in the SLR line-up. Then why they bother FA* and then LIMITED if they lost interest? LIMITED, FA*200/4 & FA*400/5.6 were introduced in late 90's. > The F:4 quality zooms seems to coming > now in DA form now that Pentax supposedly have rediscovered slr's for digital > this > time. The market changes, some react, some don't. > However, if you keep wining about Pentax lens line from 15 years back, I > seriously > think you should have shifted system long ago to put you out of misery. > Personally, I find Pentax current lens line up pretty much OK. There are > holes but > for my usage there are larger holes in the Canon lens line up. I am not whining, I am trying to point out the issues with Pentax. There is a difference between whining and discussing. But then if there are holes in the Canon line up, Pentax's one would be pits. > Nonsense. Mine doesn't. Neither is this supported by test and published MTF > values. The only test (not opinions) I have found is photodo, and their results are pretty much inline with my experience. I shoot and test my FA43 many times and came to the same conclusion. At least I know Rob has the same opinion on FA43. We both, of course, bought the lemons. :-) Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
