----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D
> 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. It works for me also. I shoot Pentax for the lenses, not the cameras. Having said this, if one needs the feature set of a high end Canon to do what he wants, then this brand isn't appealing. On the consumer side, if one wants the cachet value of a higher end body, either in ones camera bag or not, then this is not the brand to buy. I think what happens (this is from my retail experience, so is more anecdotal than factual), is that companies like Canon or Nikon can advertise trememdous bragging rights about what their equipment can do. This puts them at the front of the lower end camera consumers short list, and often the consumer will give a Pentax little or no heed, simply because they aren't in the pissing contest. It's probably gotten worse since the advent of internet and big box retailing, since now the consumer quite often doesn't talk to a knowledgable sales person before making a buying decision, and if they happen to find themselves on a forum such as DPReview, they will generally get the Nikon/Canon party line fed to them. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
