Tom wrote: > As said earlier, the 645D would be a niche product, at too high a price > point for most, and for the majority of us on the list, at least, would > require the additonal purchase of a bunch of lenses.
Sure, but the same could be said about the top Canon and Nikon models as well. They are all out of my league. I know, however, that prices WILL come down.... > My point is that Pentax has had ALOT of time to produce and compete and is > obviously a slow performer in turning out new products that are not simply > variations on a theme,and downgrades at that. His expectations and assuring > words that Pentax will deliver is only a repetition of what Pentax has said, > not what they have done... and Pentax has not given us a sliver of an idea > what the feature set or specs would look like on these as yet unseen > products. > > So for the entire time period that Pentax has talked about producing a DSLR, > from the 'MZ-D' onward (about 5 years?), they have not produced a DSLR that > meets his requirements. That track record does not inspire confidence that > 'big things' are just around the corner. Sure, but again theres one big difference from the past: Pentax have fairly recently allocated 60% of their R&D towards DSLR's. This is a far cry from their interest level in slrs' from the past decade or more. It would be ridiculous to suggest that Pentax will use this money to exclusively dumbing down the *istD's further. Again you can of course be cynical and simply don't trust the company. Basically they are at it, but it will take at least 1,5-2 years from initiating this new focus until you see the fruits of it. Pål
