Otis Wright, Jr. writes:
[...]
> it will be interesting to see if the
> Pentax 35 mm SLR line can successfully compete for sufficient capital within the
> Asahi corporate framework to continue to generate 35 mm SLR products having
> price/feature content that maintains their historical competitive position in
> the marketplace.
I certainly hope that Pentax's sales in the rest of the world doesn't follow
what happened in this country. Good Pentax glass is currently the most
expensive on the market here, and a quick scan of my price list shows the
difference is not small. The FA50/1.7 is well over double the price of Canon
and Nikon 50/1.8 lenses.
Because of this (and other factors), there are very few serious Pentax users
in this country. Pentax really needs to look at attracting new users to make
up for those who have gone to the dark side. If they're only going to sell to
their existing customers they won't last much longer.
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E.
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