Mark Roberts wrote:
Dario Bonazza wrote:
Boris Liberman wrote:
There is something that bothers me slightly.
The future is a crystal ball with a lot of fog and little if anything to
be
seen. I don't think Pentax knows the future, including their future moves
beyond the next year, hence worrying now fo possible choices five years
from
now makes little sense. Use your current gear as long as it fits and move
away if/when it can no longer suit your needs.
Being concerned about possible choices five years from now actually
makes a great deal of sense for someone getting into a camera system
and looking at potentially spending several thousand dollars over the
course of those years.
I understand being concerned about the future in general and about the
sustainability of the Pentax system in particular, but you cannot go into
details. I truly don't understand how could one figure out a possible single
move (such as stopping putting AF motor in camera, which camera, whether in
all cameras or just entry-level models, and so on...), of which I'm rather
sure Pentax itself hasn't decided yet. Even if they decide today, they could
well change their minds five times within the next five years, as they did
with other specific details in the past. Just think about the aperture
control: lens ring, camera dial, lens ring again, camera dial again... and
the mess they caused within the Pentax system, with newer cameras such as
the MZ-5/3 and MZ-S being less compatible with FA-J than older cameras such
as PZ/Z-series. Or think about the 645D: how many times they decided to go
ahead/stop development/resume? And the market situation and trends change a
lot faster nowadays than in the nineties... In a few words, predicting a
single move now is like winning the lottery. Yes, someone succeeds.
Dario
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