Of course, Pentax believed the list when everyone said no one would pay that much for a camera. Strangely Canon, Nikon, and Kodak sold a lot of cameras in that price range. Oh well.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Cotty wrote: > On 24/8/06, Digital Image Studio, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> On 8/24/06 7:58 AM, "K.Takeshita", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Overwhelming >>> market domination by big 2 is not only unhealthy but deterimental to > us all, >>> the consumers. >> You'd think so but it doesn't seem to be doing the Canon consumers any harm? > > Interesting point. > > When I wanted to buy a DSLR and before Pentax had one out, I had to > decide between Canon and Nikon. I very nearly went for Nikon - for the > simple reason that I will always try and support the underdog (keep in > mind there was no offering from Pentax at all, so it was not a case of > Pentax being the underdog at that time, it was a case of Pentax not > playing the game). The thing that swayed me above all was an upgrade > path to a full frame sensor, and so I went with Canon. > > If Nikon had had a full frame sensor at that point, I would have bought > Nikon, no problem. > > Not that I would have been able to afford a full-frame camera at that > point, but I reasoned that a few years down the road, the tech would > have improved and the price would have dropped. Now, a few years later, > and I would hope to pick up a full frame body in a year or so. > > Whenever I see these pics, it really goes gets under my skin. > > <http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/prototypes/MZ-D.html> > > > C'est la vie, uh? > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
