On 5/2/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a generalization perhaps painted with a broad brush.
Yes. It was. <g> > For example - > try getting repairs on a Hyundai in some areas of the country, whereas > Toyota and Honda are pretty much ubiquitous. Can you get parts as easily? > Will the Hyundai be as durable (my Camry has 275,000 miles on it and has > held up better than my Mercedes at far less cost). These are just talking > points. Sometimes there is more to a car (or a camera) than it being able > to do the job. Absolutely, Shel. I'm talking point-of-sale incentive to buy, not which might be least expensive to operate in the long run. > > FWIW, I don't consider a Hyundai comparable to a Toyota or a Honda, > although I do consider Pentax and canon to be closer to one another in some > respects. I meant they're comparable in features and size. Although there may be a quality gap, I think that's closed quite significantly in the recent past. My ex has an Elantra, and I was (and continue to be) surprised at how well it's put together. It'll be two years old in September, and it's still rattle-free, and quite quiet and solid-feeling. Not up to Toyota/Honda standards, perhaps, but not far off either. The point I was actually trying to make in my previous post is that Hyundai sells by lowballing T/H on price, whereas Pentax is more expensive than the cheapest digital offering from Canon. I believe that the *ist DS is a better camera than the DigiRebel, but it's more expensive, and that's not very Hyundai-like, IMHO. > I'm not saying the Pentax can't do the job, but for Tom there are factors > about Pentax ownership that may not work for him in the long run. Frankly, > if I were buying new gear today, I don't know what I'd buy ... well, yes I > do, but that's from another company that's not faring well in the > marketplace ;-)) Something with a Red Dot on it, perhaps? <vbg> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
