William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian"
Subject: Re: Pentax Future? What's next for Pentax...
I'm not being negative about Pentax quality. I used their gear for
20 years and it always performed great. I was only clarifying what I
think Mr. Robb was referring to when he said "performance over the
past 35 years." not performance of the available gear - that's
always been top-notch, but performance as a company to offer what
some people want: technological innovation, etc.
I like quality camera equipment. In 1975, I bought a Nikon F2s for
professional use. The cameras that Pentax was offering at the time
were a joke by comparison, and the F2 had been around for six years
already.
I don't know much about the cameras of 1975, but are you sure that was
because they couldn't, and not because they wouldn't? Perhaps Pentax
produced cameras that were a joke because joke cameras was their line of
business? Shouldn't you compare the quality with Nikons targeted for the
joke market? Are Peugeot (it's the car I drive) behind, say, Honda
because Honda unveiled a new formula one car last year, and Peugeot
hasn't responded yet - when they don't have a formula one team in the
first place (I think)?
They have been consistently outclassed in real world camera
performance and build quality since the late 1960s.
William Robb
