Hi James,
After I write what I'm about to write I'll probably get called Chicken
Little and the sort. I don't care... I'm a man and I can take it.
I have not been following the financial condition of Pentax per se...
I have a rather negative outlook based on the way Pentax has performed in
releasing products to market. As examples, they flopped and never produced
the 1st DSLR they were going to make. The *ist D was around 2 years later.
Since then they have churned out a number of variant models, which for the
most part was the *ist D with fewer features, albeit at a lower price. At
the same time they were churning out meaningless variations of Optio P&S
cameras. The 645D medium format camera that has been talked about will
probably have a hard time being competitive unless the price is competitive
as well. Little has been done to assure it's customers that it plans to
continue releasing competitive products in a timely manner.
I'm not saying the *ist D (x)'s are a bad camera or that Pentax will go
belly up. On the other hand they have not inspired a lot of confidence in
me and mo one knows the future. I have no desire to buy digital lenses, and
with this being said have little incentive to spend a few thousand dollars
more on addtional non-digital lenses, when I'm lacking confidence in the
brand itself.
I have no desire to liquidate my Pentax gear, but my next DSLR may not be a
Pentax.
Tom C.
From: "James Fellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Financal Condition of Pentax
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:06:14 -0500
Hi,
I have been off the list for a couple of years. I am hoping to jump into
the DSLR world soon. Using a Pentax DSLR seems to be the way to go based
on
the lenses and flashes I own. But now I hear Pentax is in rough shape
financially and I wonder if I should not invest in Pentax if they will be
out of the DSLR market soon. What does everybody else hear.
Jim
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