Pål wrote: "If the *ist is sucessful, Pentax will > keep it running forever, like the K1000 and the LX, > until the interest dwindle to nothing. Hopefully, > they will be moderate sucesses so that Pentax sees > it worth improving."
I can't help not to think how similar SLR's looked in the 70's & early 80's. Really, what was the difference between a K1000 and a Nikon FM in terms of design? What made ANYONE here buy Pentax and not a Nikon or Canon in 1985? For me it was price and features for the money. I really think that Pentax have announced the *ist D WAY ahead of PMA in order to see how Nikon & Canon AND the buying public/press respond. Pentax marketing folks can be dopey, but not THAT dopey. While a price of $1200-$1500 may have been thrown around, everything is subject to change. Plus who's to say they won't throw in a bigger chip? I keep aksing this: HOW SUCCESSFUL is/was the MZ-S? Home-run or strike-out? Peter --- _Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William wrote: > > > That it's not using cutting edge technology is > consistent with Pentax, but > > they do have problems staying less than 4 steps > behind what is current > > camera technology, hence they were still flogging > the LX as the flagship > > when the Nikon F5 was getting old. > > I think the *ist D is cutting edge both in packaging > and in technology. The AF is basically batter than > the competition. The feature level is very high for > its segment and there no reason to assume that image > quality won't be up to the standards of other 6mp > camera. It just look too much "me too" to get any > attention. Nobody visiting a camera shop will notice > the *ist D, unless the salesman push it, as it > drowns among the cheap lookalikes. > What will happen based on Pentax history is that the > *ist D will flop at the same time as the Optio range > are huge sucesses. This makes Pentax stop investing > much in the slr line and spend the resources > elsewhere. If the *ist is sucessful, Pentax will > keep it running forever, like the K1000 and the LX, > until the interest dwindle to nothing. Hopefully, > they will be moderate sucesses so that Pentax sees > it worth improving. :o) > > Pål > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
