NO WAY - I say you are wrong PERIOD. The percentage of lenses used by PENTAX DSLR owners is not going to be 99% zoom vs prime. That's 99 to one ratio in case you failed math too. You cant be serious with a number that high. While its not direct sales numbers to model numbers but its still indicative, ** pentax models offered equals what ratio in zoom to prime**? It aint 99 to one so unless all those current primes are rare then it aint going to be that high. Have you forgot the differences between a zoom and a prime in terms of capabilities? I bet you have or you wouldn't say such absurd things....
Get real are you on a super argue mode where your brain is removed for arument purposes or what? jco -----Original Message----- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 4:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) > PENTAX DSLR buyers own/buy 99% zoom lenses? > Where do you get that information from? I don't > believe that one bit. Zooms have too many limitations > for certain things to have reached that level > of market share or even close to that even today... I just talked to my local full service shop. The sales manager there sez they sell some 50s to the pro boys because it's now a cheap portrait lens, and they sometimes sell longer telephotos to the sports photographers (also professionals), but that these sales are very few and far between. He mentioned the very rare sales of 100 and 200mm macro lenses as well. He said that they sell almost no prime lenses, that "it's all zooms now". So, given that Pentax is not really recognized as serving the working pro sports photographer, nor really recognized as a brand used by the professional photographer at all, it's a pretty safe statement to make that 99% of Pentax DSLR buyers are buying zooms, since the entire market seems to consist of zoom lens sales, with the rare fixed lens sale from time to time, ususally to someone doing some sort of specialty photography. William Robb
