On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 11:53:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: > > It's also of interest because Pentax's position in the marketplace has a > bearing on how quickly and slowly they bring new products to market. So far > I think their stupid *ist D variations and now two more K100 6MP variations > were a waste of resources when they should have been concentrating on > getting more innovative products to market sooner.
Pentax appear to have been (successfully) concentrating on growing their customer base - it's hard to argue that they've been wrong in doing this. As a result, their position in the marketplace is far, far better than it was a year ago. To have done anything different (such as, for example, spend more of the limited resources on creating an upgrade model for their small installed base of existing Pentax DSLR owners), would, if you ask me, have been far more stupid than creating yet more (and ever cheaper) variations on the 6MP sensor. The cameras they have produced seem to be selling very well. Personally, I'd have liked a replacement for my aging *ist-D some time ago. But I'd rather wait a year while Pentax take the one-time opportunity to grab more of the first-time DSLR purchasers than have a K1D now, and see Pentax follow Minolta into history. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
