From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Pentax Interview at PMA 2007
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:06:27 -0700
One thing to remember is that every time there is a new release, you
get coverage in all the marketing literature. Canon got a lot of
mileage out of those Rebels.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Canon apparently had the clout in the market to operate in that way, whereas
Pentax likely did/does not.
In that last interview, apparently Pentax now admits the folly and IMO,
wasted time and effort and bad perception created by churning out minor
variations on the theme.
Paraphrased from the interview:
'shouldnt have made that kind of small trivial changes... We are not going
to do it any more without enough substance'
'The result was we followed those directions, i.e., making the new model
smaller and lighter only.'
In the DLSR world, the fact that competitors WERE producing new models with
changes that would be viewed in the marketplace as positive upgrades, while
Pentax was largely producing downgrades from the *ist D, with minor changes
to screen and buffer size, certainly did not help Pentax's image.
Tom C.
Monday, March 12, 2007, 4:50:03 PM, you wrote:
WR> ----- Original Message -----
WR> From: "Bruce Dayton"
WR> Subject: Re: Pentax Interview at PMA 2007
>> Frankly, Canon was that way with film cameras, too. They have been on
>> a fairly aggressive release schedule for a long time. If you are
>> looking forward to the next great thing, or looking at how progressive
>> a company is, this is a good thing. If you are worried about your
>> pocket book and current investment, then it is not so good. Those
>> fast releases cause you to spend money and lose money on your old
>> stuff at the same time.
WR> I didn't bother to address that, but there must have been a dozen EOS
WR> Rebels, all much the same as the last.
WR> William Robb
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