Chaso DeChaso wrote:
>
> Wasn't there a time when Pentax actually cared about
> being a leader? Are they now content with always
> following (more and more distantly), at best offering
> products close to the others and cheaper? This would
> be sad. If they simply don't have the might to
> compete against N**** and C***** anymore, at least
> they could do one thing really well - in the digital
> realm, this could have been the full-frame CCD SLR.
If this could have been done, Nikon, Canon, or Kodak would have already
released it. Pentax is at a huge disadvantage in the fact that they are
almost completely reliant on other manufacturers to supply chips. Kodak
and Canon can make their own and Nikon has dedicated enough money to
stay ahead of the curve. I for one saw the writing on the wall after the
zillionth delay of the Pentax and Contax cameras...
Isaac
>
> Is Pentax to become the next Contax, who was fifteen
> (or however many) years late with autofocus? Maybe
> Pentax will release a fantastic digital SLR in 2016
> when almost nobody remembers who Pentax is.
>
> In any case, they really have to release something
> serious soon or they'll be wiped off the map. (I
> don't care about digital products too much, I just
> want them to stay in business so that they can make
> lenses and film cameras for a while longer.)
That is what this announcement is all about... To show Pentax users
that we will have a digital body to use. How many D1 (X.h), D30, and S1
cameras do you think have been sold? I'm willing to bet that the
combined sales (in units) of those cameras wouldn't equal a tenth of the
ZX-M sales. It was important for Nikon to release the D1 so that they
could (re)capture the PJ market, and Canon will try and strike back. But
what do companies like Pentax, Minolta, and Olympus have to gain? What
they need are strong sales in the mid level markets. The release of a
high end and expensive digital body would do nothing but hurt the bottom
line of Pentax.
Isaac
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