That was true of the *ist-D but they've been building brand recognition over the last few years. Based on the demand for the K10D, and that so few seem to notice that there's less backward compatibility with K mount lenses than would have been expected before tells me that they've reached beyond the old customer base.
J. C. O'Connell wrote: >I think you are missing one factor, Pentax DSLR buyers >Are more likely to be PENTAX lens owners than newbies. > >jco > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Shel Belinkoff >Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:20 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: RE: K1D aperature simulator survey, part Deaux > >The survey here is essentially worthless. Only a few people responded >to a >leading and very specific question. This list represents only a minor >fraction of the buying population, and those who regularly post here are >an >even smaller fraction, very minor compared to the total who read the >list. >Those who responded to the survey are but a fraction of the regular >contributors and posters. > >To answer your question, based on the number of list members being >around >600, the percentage would be about 2% > >Shel > > > > > >>[Original Message] >>From: J. C. O'Connell >> >> > > > >>That now what the PDML survey says. What percentage >>Of list members want it? >> >> > > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
