On 7/24/05 6:58 PM, "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the danger is that then medium format will be the ONLY camera market they > will be in at the end of 2 years, having no longer anything competitive in > the 35mm-type body range because they can't sell enough to make any money at > it. also, what makes Pentax think that the 645D will be competitive in the > medium format market when it finally ships? selling lots of low end > 35mm-type bodies where they make very little money means there won't be much > money around later. if the body specs aren't continually being upgraded, > even if it is just because other manufacturers are doing so, what makes > anyone think that the current bodies will continue to sell anyway. if the > imaging products division is forever going to be subsidized by the other two > divisions, shareholders will have a thing or two to say about that. I am somewhat sick and tired of this constant negative personal speculations. I do not understand why you think MF is the ONLY camera market they will be in at the end of 2 years (just an example of what you have been saying). Who said that, and why do you think so, when everything is pointing otherwise. Why 2 years? Is it not an exaggeration to scare people? What are your factual observations in forming such opinions? Frankly, it almost sounds like you DO NOT want to see Pentax being successful in any market. It seems that you know much more than Pentax do, and you should give them the advices at fee :-). I am just trying to share my small observations with the fellow list members with as many facts and as minimum of my own speculation or whining as possible. That's all. Truly. I am not trying to change anybody's opinion but this thread is becoming too much of an argument theatre (and the argument for the sake of the argument). I never said that Pentax are superior to Canon etc. Pentax is certainly slow and we thought we were trying to understand why so, but is it not the reality we have to accept? Aren't there may people who appreciate their lenses more than bodies, and that's why they have been (albeit reluctantly) staying with Pentax? There might be other reasons why people accept the compromise? And Pentax is not the only company like that. There are better known companies but in far worse situation than Pentax are. If you are so convinced that Pentax do not know what they are doing, and won't come up with what you want (and you could very well be right), perhaps it is time to jump the ship? But your other opinions are so valuable to this list so I personally do not want to see it happen. But it is becoming a bit of .......... Rgds, Ken
