I understand what you're saying, however, let's try a slightly different perspective.
When I started looking for cameras, brands such as Minolta, Konica, Miranda, Topcon, Contax, and others, were available alongside Pentax, Nikon, and Canon. Pentax is still here ... seems that they're competitive enough to have outlasted a lot of the competition, and through some pretty tough times as well. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tom C > IMO, sure to be disputed, I believe Pentax abandoned us long ago, by not > staying competitive in the eyes of the marketplace, by not ensuring product > was available for purchase as advertised, by concentrating on 'stripped > down' versions of the same camera over and over again instead of being > progressive.
