Why Pentax? I couldn't come up with a good reason, so I went with Canon.
Note I started with the K-1000 and liked it. Went Pentax Digital with the DS then the K-100. I liked the size of the lenses compared to Canon (much smaller and lighter weight) and I do think Pentax glass is good. But I like zooms, and it took them about two years to come out with the promised new zooms (for DSLRs). So that's where they lost me, the marketing phase, the lag-time from announcement to in-the-stores. I got tired of waiting and sold my K-100 and remaining Pentax lenses. And, note, I took tons of good shots in the time it took for them to finally make the zooms I wanted available. In other words, I would have lost a lot of shots waiting. (I am not that fond of most primes.) Anyway, that should be no surprise to a lot of you, because you know you had to wait a long time -- Pentax marketing leaves a lot to be desired. I, however, still have a Pentax Optio A40 and in some situations it is dandy. Like a recent trip to Disneyland, when I didn't want to lug a big camera around the park. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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.
