I understand where you're coming from. You also had and built a collection of Pentax gear.
When relatively well-heeled neophytes go out looking for a DSLR and start comparing brands, they may not reach the same conclusions, and that's probably where Pentax is hurting most. It may only be perception, but a competitive high-end model is worth something. Tom C. >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D >Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:41:10 -0400 > >But they're also well made and reasonably priced. The K10D is a >genuine bargain given its build and feature set. That works for me. I >don't need to be right at the bleeding edge. >Paul >On May 10, 2007, at 5:43 PM, William Robb wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brendan MacRae" > > Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D > > > > > > > >> Thanks, Tom. It's funny how some presume so much. I > >> love Pentax. I love the K10D. So, kill me if I also > >> want the company to be able compete with the big guys > >> and offer gear of an even higher caliber. > > > > Probably won't ever happen. The performance bar has been raised to > > the point > > now that the liklyhood of Pentax bringing a high end category > > killer to the > > marketplace is pretty much nonexistent. > > Look at their performance for the past 40 years. > > Their cameras have always been behind the curve, with one exception > > for a > > few years. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
