On 4/9/04, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >> Malcolm, the company that made the LX and the company that >> makes the *ist D have but one thing in common: the Pentax name. >> >> That is all, IMO. > >It must be the same for every company within reason, change of owner, >management, technology etc. However, the cameras they produce are good - I >have no gripe with the *ist D - so they still produce quality equipment as >far as I am concerned. I never bought a new Pentax camera 20 years ago, so I >have no reference in how that has changed. Today, buying new is a hit and >miss affair, which for me is tolerable but deeply annoying. > >Most companies who hit the downward slope, do so through poor quality >control, unreliability or bringing the wrong product to the market. They've >got the product but this lack of appropriate advertising and availability >will make the next big sale the company itself. > >Malcolm
Point well made. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _____________________________
