Pentax has been number 4 behind Olympus for some time. Olympus was
maintaining that lead with their Professional offering being no better
in most ways and inferior in a to Pentax's flagship cameras, which were
only positioned and sold as prosumer offerings. Marketing does wonders.
On 9/16/2012 9:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
Someone speculated that Pentax is now the #4 or #5 brand. If so, they
need to offer a product that gives buyer's a compelling reason to buy
Pentax instead of the top brands.
I don't see that in the K5II.
Seems to me that compelling reason used to be what I call "bang for
the buck", you could get high quality, particularly the SMC lenses, at
less cost. I don't see that in today's lens "roadmap".
Not only do I not see them offering a compelling product to attract
new users, I don't see them offering much to keep the users they
already have.
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Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthly search.
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