Pentax is basically a glass manufacturer. That's nice if you want their latest glass. Pentax was rarely the leading camera body manufacturer. But some of their lenses were, from time to time, truely great. So, why is Pentax currently loosing market shares (I guess)??.
Pentax is trying to make us buy more Pentax glass by making other brands as well as old Pentax lenses obsolete for their new canmera bodies. This is a bad policy, because: 1) We buy new Pentax bodies BECAUSE we can get old lenses cheap - or we own some already. 2) If we can't get new bodies for our old glass, we might as well look elsewhere for the next camera body. 3) If I could afford 15-25 new (D) lenses, I wouln't (couldn't actually) buy from Pentax, anyway. 4) If I could afford 15-25 new lenses, I'd also go for a more pro-spec'ed body from Kodak, Nikon or Canon. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: John Whittingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 27. januar 2005 09:40 Til: [email protected] Emne: RE: Things I like about aperture rings on lenses (was Re: Pentax 50mm News) > The Pz-1/PZ-1p had both options. That's a progress! Yes that's good, I could live with that. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:02:51 +0100 Subject: RE: Things I like about aperture rings on lenses (was Re: Pentax 50mm News) > The Pz-1/PZ-1p had both options. That's a progress! As far as flash > photography goes, the *ist D has too. > Someday, someone might make a camera, without the aperture simulator, > but with the e-wheel moved from the body to the lens :-)) > > Jens Bladt > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 27. januar 2005 00:10 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: Re: Things I like about aperture rings on lenses (was Re: > Pentax 50mm News) > > On 26 Jan 2005 at 21:59, John Whittingham wrote: > > > Now that's what I'd call progress :) > > Hmm, yes, I still haven't seen such a list to show why thumb-wheel control > is > such an advantage over lens based aperture control :-) > > 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 ------- End of Original Message -------
