On 12 Nov 2004 at 1:11, Peter J. Alling wrote: > Canon's R&D is no better than anyone elses. Pentax quiet likely has > just as many or more imaging patents. Canon can bring more products to > market weather there is a need for them or not. Some are truely > superior products, but I've felt they were inferior since the days of > the AE1, they were the first "quality" camera manufacture to jump on the > plastic junk bandwagon. It's been downhill ever since. More "features" > less quality Yipee.
Patents or not it's what makes it to market that counts for the brand, apart from the size the *ist Ds is a clone of the 300D in most regards. Pentax's R&D likely has a Canon purchasing department. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
