Very well said, Steve. I buy Pentax (a "working man's camera") knowing going in that it's in the "budget" category. Maybe I'm programed to accept more problems than I might experience with the competition, but over these many years feel I've gotten away with better service than was expected either by me or Pentax. I figure I'm ahead based on lens performance alone. Suppose, given enough "extra" time, I'll be relating a sad equipment experience of my own. Selecting Pentax back then was one happy accident.
Yes, Pollyanna is doing fine. ;) Jack --- On Mon, 9/27/10, Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Steven Desjardins <drd1...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Photokina observations... > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 8:15 AM > Hooplah on the list about a > Canon/Nikon killer? Really? The PDML? My > observation is that each new Pentax body goes through a > period of > anticipation, followed by a brief period of lust, followed > by a long > period of complaints and bitterness. You know, like a > marriage. > Seriously, I don't think the folks on this list are very > guilty of > rose colored glasses. Most like their lenses and > accept the fact that > Pentax is a a generation or three behind Canikon on the > high end. > Given the rapid turnover of DSLR bodies, this means they > would have > been arrogant two or three years ago about the very thing > they are > complaining about now. Pentax does what it can with > the money and > orders Hoya gives them. It's not a morality issue or > even a very > pointed business issue. If Pentax goes away Hoya > moves on. They stay > alive as long as they make some money. > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I couldn't care less whether people like what I say > about Pentax or > > not. Well maybe a little less. :-) > > > > My point was I think Pentax has had an interim history > of producing > > some either flawed or lagging products. A statement > I'm sure you'd > > agree with. I especially feel that way in light of the > hooplah on this > > list about how each new product was going to be a > 'Nikon or > > Canon-killer' and make the rest of the industry stop > in its tracks). > > Had I bought other systems I might have similar > gripes, but I wouldnt > > know for sure till I laid out the cash. > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM, William Robb <war...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Tom C" > >> Subject: Re: Photokina observations... > >> > >>> That's what I thought. > >>> > >>> So if a 9-year old is having problems with an > aspect of a Pentax > >>> system not working correctly, assuming lack of > focus is not due to > >>> some operator error, why was not Pentax not > aware of and/or remedy the > >>> problem prior to release? > >>> > >>> The answer is obvious. First sales trumped > quality and/or quality > >>> control was lacking. > >> > >> Why would you expect that someone who has been > shooting for 3 years, and > >> learning photography the way any interested child > learns to not outgrow a > >> piece of equipment after 3 years? > >> Would you say the same thing if she was a 30 year > old who felt she had > >> outgrown a camera now that she is 33? > >> You would do better to chastise Boris for not > buying her a D700 in the first > >> place. Oh wait, then you'd be pitching shite at > Nikon because their camera > >> is too heavy for a young child to carry and there > was obviously a design > >> flaw in the camera that prevented them from making > it a pound lighter. > >> Tom, you aren't going to get very far down this > path before it gets really > >> ugly. > >> > >> William Robb > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> PDML@pdml.net > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
