William wrote: Earning a customer base worth providing for seems to be work that Pentax isn't interested in taking on. They may be on a fast track to oblivion if they stay the course. I do have to wonder about those expensive FA and LTD lenses, and where they fit into the entry level customer base.
REPLY: True. However, you cannot judge Pentax take on slr from the ist's alone. They are intended as entry level at film and digital regardless of the fact that some claim that they aren't really entry level. Pentax have promised more lenses in the fall in their press releases. Unofficially, it is claimed to be "the good stuff". Pentax press release after the demise of the MD-S stated that they wanted to invest their DSLR resources at the market segment their customers wanted. The sorry fact is that most Pentax users are cheapshots regretable as it is. It has always been a mystery who the FA* and Limited lenses really are intended for. P�l
