I hear that what P�l and Alan Chan are saying is that Pentax is not likely to be able to compete/survive in making high-end camera bodies/pro-bodies. highThat is bodies above middle of the road performance. This could very well mean Pentax will not survive as a camera maker.
Why? Because today good cameras are based on very sophisticated technology - AF-systems, Data Processing, Imaging-/Sensor Technology - as well as high quality lens design/lens making. Pentax may survive as a lens maker - if it can find corporate lens buyers. As a camera maker, Pentax may survive in P&S market - not in the high-end camera market. Mediocre does not do the trick anymore. Perhaps history has already proven this? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: P�l Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 30. juni 2004 17:11 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Re:Selling Pentax 35mm gear (WAS RE: Beautiful SF1n kit, Voigtlander William wrote: The 1Ds is not Pentax's traditional target market. They have never really competed there, and only had a camera in it for a short time. Pentax has always been more about very good lenses attached to middle of the raod performance bodies. REPLY: True enough but the market has changed. Pentax have always been interested in high quality imaging (something that Nikon and Canon arguably hasn't); eg. good quality lenses and medium format. For digital this means high-resolution sensor which equals high-end. If pentax want to maintain products that yields better image quality than Nikon/Canon produce it means that they have to involve with high-end digital. P�l
