> I think it is very well specified camera in small body but its presentation > and design is very derivative. You could remove the Pentax name with Nikon or > perhaps Minolta and no one would have noticed. In this is the real point; no > one except those with K-mount lenses will notice. I had expected something > more radical in interface and look from Pentax. Something that made people > take notice. I don't really know why. Perhaps because Pentax have always been > an original company. > In isn't bad and I'm sure the price will be competitive. However, its only > function seem to be to prevent Pentax users to buy a Nikon. I had hope for > something better. > Perhaps I come through as too negative but it is mostly the look I am negative > about.
Oh. Well, I like the look. I don't see what is so bad about Pentax making a camera that is as good as the D100, which is one of the best-selling, best-performing DSLRs on the world market. Seems like a pretty good mark to hit to me. --Mike