Love your disclaimer, Pal. I read the revised Pentax you relate in a photo magazine. They admitted to having made a marketing error by depending too heavily on the P&S. They're plan at that time (6 month's ago maybe) was to concentrate on the D SLR and to step up their introductions to three per year. Really all I remember. I'll accept your speculations as well worth considering. (so long as they're free). ;-))
Jack --- Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John wrote: > > > Prove it. I want to see where you're getting this from. > > > > It is from an interview with the Pentax boss at the end of last year > or at > PMA (I don't remember). It has been posted on this very forum several > > times. > Pentax have said that DSLR will be their main camera business at the > expense > of P&S cameras. This is a complete change of policy. This means that > whetever they have been doing with the SLR line the last 20 years is > not > indicative of the DSLR line-up of the future. > He also said that they will take it stepwise providing a natural > upgrade > path for the customers to eventually end up with the DSLR equivalent > of a > sports car (his words not mine). So far it seem to fit the bill > pretty > well... > > I will speculate that the naming policy reflect the strategy: > K [four digit]: Eg. the coming K1000D will be absolute entry level. > Cheap, > not many features and likely plastic lens mount. > K [three digit]: Eg. K100D, K 110D. Entry level but also for those > who want > a well speced camera. Typically for hobbyist or those who simply want > a good > camera. > K [two digit]: Eg. K10D. Enthusiast camera suitable for the more > demanding > user. > K [one digit]; Eg. the mythical K1D. Semi- or pro body. > > This give rooms for cameras like K 200D, K20D, K10Ds, K3D while still > making > sense. Of course this may all be bullshit.... > > > > > Pål > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
