I agree about the survival part. I just don't know about the "grow the
K-mount" part. It is an "if".
Believe it or not, in most areas of life I'm an optimist. The reasoning
behind most of my apparent pessimism, is what I've seen Pentax do, and the
market reaction to it, since I first purchased Pentax in 1989/90.
Maybe they are comfortable in the niche they're in and thats the way it's
going to be.
Tom C.
From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'd say a much brighter future, if Samsung grow the K-mount
database, than the current situation. I just don't see
Pentax being able to do anything more than survive at best
if they only have their current market as a basis.
Pentax may be able to leverage the Pentax brand at the high
end, but only if they get enough market share to survive.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 06:48:53PM -0700, Tom C wrote:
> Then PENTAX is doomed?
>
> I'm not putting words in your mouth, but if what you say is *true*, than
> what future is there for the Pentax brand?
>
> Tom C.
>
> >From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >But, in the grand scheme of things, I'm sure there are more
> >people out in the real world who will buy it, based on the
> >Samsung brand name, than would buy *anything* with a Pentax
> >nameplate (even if it were a D200 competitor at a DS2 price).
> >
>
