I have zippo experience with Minolta cameras. I know that if Pentax had
come out with something like the 7D...
Just a side thought... drinking whiskey and watching Broncos vs. Chiefs...
Would it be THAT hard to build a camera with an upgradeable sensor and fully
flash upgradeable software? Even if one had to send the body back to the
manufacturer?
Probably doesn't produce the potential margin corporations are looking for.
Tom C.
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:08:50 -0400
Minolta has had an influx of capitol from Konica. OTOH, my brother had
Minolta MF equipment and was an early adopter of Minolta AF gear, he
switched to Canon.
Tom C wrote:
However, my gut tells me that Pentax Imaging doesn't give a r**s a*s about
what I want or what those prima donnas on the PDML want.
They expect or feel us die hards with an investment in Pentax gear won't
desert them because we don't want to sacrifice our investment and start
building a new system. With all due respect to everyone of every income
level on the list, we might not all care about that.
Really, I'm not sure retaining an existing customer base is top of their
mindset.
Even Minolta, which was what, a year or more behind Pentax in releasing a
DSLR seems to be out-classing Pentax (don't know much about their lenses).
Tom C.
From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:34:16 -0600
Besides, I don't want to be as lazy as Mr. Robb and expect you to type it
in for me. ;)
Tom C.
From: "Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:24:50 -0500
I was thinking that the "Free Form" style would be more
personal and perhaps more impressive to whoever reads it.
I've designed the spreadsheet to preserve the free form
style rather than just columns of data.
If a few hundred people take the time to type the same
thing over and over it should get the point across
better than just stating that 250 out of 300 people
surveyed want IS. At least it would to me.
And it really doesn't take long to fill out. ;-)
Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:14 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
>
>
> Hi Don,
>
> I was basically lazy and think that if Pentax wants my future
> business they
> should already know what they should be producing. For one look at
their
> two biggest competitors and take some hints. Otherwise they
> should hand the
> Imaging division over to me and I'll do it for them. :)
>
> Actually, I was expecting to see more of a multiple choice
> selections where
> I didn't have to type in the same thing that at least 50% of the
> rest of us
> would be typing.
>
> A good start for me is to give me all the features of the Minolta
DSLR
> offerings in a 12mp body FF body and a gigantic buffer.
>
> Tom C.
>
>
>
>
> >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
> >Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:02:45 -0600
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Sanderson"
> >Subject: The Pentax Survey-Participation Question.
> >
> >
> >>We've had over 150 visits to the web site and only 34 people have
> >>submitted their entry.
> >>Is anyone here one of those who chose not to participate?
> >>Why did you so choose, and could I do something better/different
> >>on the site to make it more appealing to you to do so?
> >
> >I visited, and decided that since I had, in my mind, already
> done the work
> >by sending you an email wish list, that I had done my part.
> >
> >William Robb
> >
> >
>
>
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