Roland wrote: > I don't think that it's possible to steal customers from Nikon and Canon. > They've invested too much in their glass, and they accept all the > shortomings of their system (the bad exposure system in Canon, the > under-featured low-end bodies from Nikon). Some of them even believes that > Pentax is nothing but crap.
Thats why it is so important for Pentax to come up with something that grabs people imagination or gear lust. Just another DSLR, even if small, won't do the trick. Even Pentax fanatics like me will stop and reconsider. I'm personally very attracted to the not full frame DSLR as this make super telephoto work into a dream with the promise of "good enough" image quality. The prospects, as they seem right now from my perspective, is Nikon and Olympus. Both promises smaller lenses to suit the sensor. Olympus promise a pro grade, sealed magnesium body and nobody doubts Nikon will do something similar. In addition, Nikon have Sient Wave lenses and VR. God knows what Olympus have. So far pentax doesn't offer me anything except "a nice DSLR", but then who doesn't except Minolta? At least Olympus have their own vision of what a DSLR is all about. You can like or dislike this vision but is really beside the point. The fact is that the moment when people are switching to, or adding digital in the form of slr's, is the moment they are likely to make major commitment and hence, switch brands. The *ist D is good enough but being good enough is not good enough when it comes to Pentax unfortunately. P�l
