LOL. You're not breaking it to me. I was being kind. :-) Pentax has a slim chance yet to recover. If they blow it in the next 6 - 12 months though, I susect they are done for.
Tom C. >From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "pdml" <[email protected]> >Subject: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:59:17 -0400 > >I hate to break it to you, but in the USA, Pentax *is* a "2nd tier camera >company". The company hasn't released a truly professional system camera >here (or anywhere, actually) since the LX. The current high-end Pentax >lens >selection is miniscule compared to Canon and Nikon. Pentax does not >provide >the kind of professional support that Canon and Nikon do at major sporting >events. Pentax products lack presence on store shelves in the USA. Etc. > >Tom C wrote: > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "John Sessoms" > >>Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) >? > >> > >> > If memory serves the other two are an over-priced Nissan and an > >> > over-priced Honda. > >> > > >> > >>I guess that depends on what your personal comfort is worth. > >> > >>William Robb > >> > > > >My analogy was not about price, it was about image, prestige, > >perception in the market place. Sure a FF DSLR will cost more > >than one with an APS-C size sensor. If the Canons, Nikon's, > >Sony's of the world offer FF DSLR's, then Pentax must also. > >If they do not, they will relegate themselves to a 2nd > >tier camera company, and it doesn't matter who loves their > >camera, or how much it satisfies their current needs. > > > >Tom C. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
