--- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sales of the K10D HAVE revitalized the camera > division. They have > explicitly said that they intend to stay with entry > and intermediate > DSLR cameras. Let's not forget, the K10D is an > intermediate camera as > are the Nikon d200 and even the Canon 5D. > Intermediate is all that > most of us want or need. > Paul
It definitely follows the business plan that they've had for most of their existence, true. I hope that if they're no longing making medium format cameras, the only real "pro" models they made, then maybe some of that higher end thinking will seep into the DSLR designs. Certainly some of the R&D budget will be freed up. Why not use it to produce a 1.2 crop factor chip? Wishful thinking ;-] -Brendan > On May 10, 2007, at 7:46 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > > --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Brendan MacRae" > >> Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently > >> Drops 645D > >> > >> > >> > >>> Thanks, Tom. It's funny how some presume so > much. > >> I > >>> love Pentax. I love the K10D. So, kill me if I > >> also > >>> want the company to be able compete with the big > >> guys > >>> and offer gear of an even higher caliber. > >> > >> Probably won't ever happen. The performance bar > has > >> been raised to the point > >> now that the liklyhood of Pentax bringing a high > end > >> category killer to the > >> marketplace is pretty much nonexistent. > >> Look at their performance for the past 40 years. > >> Their cameras have always been behind the curve, > >> with one exception for a > >> few years. > >> > >> William Robb > >> > > > > I think you're right. I was hoping that sales of > the > > K10D would revitalize things, but with the current > > goings on it looks like the nail in the coffin > toward > > this end. > > > > You never know, though. Maybe Pentax's fierce > > independence will trigger something huge in a > positive > > way. > > > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > The fish are biting. > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search > Marketing. > > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
