Mark wrote:
>So you are right - it does not make sense to devote a lot of effort to >building a high end digital that will soon be obsolete. However, given the >inevitability of digital, some articulation of a plan to adapt to the new >technology from Pentax would be wise. Given that this company has been a >late adapter in other arenas, that it has been hurt by it's lack of >nimbleness, and that it just scrapped a major project that was designed to >demonstrate its commitment to digital (the digital Mz-S) - some signal that >Pentax has a plan and intends to survive would be appreciated. I think a >white paper or vision statement on its website could do it - without >compromising trade secrets or anything. But isn't this exactly what Pentax have done? They have said that theres no point in releasing the MZ-D prototype as showed at Photokina because its essentially obsolete already. Hence, they will make a more competitive digital camera based on the same platform instead. Pål - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .