It'll likely be a matter of attrition. What % of people here use WordPerfect as opposed to MS Word?
I'll bet it's a 5/95 ratio if not higher. Not too different from where Pentax stands in the market, despite some recent relative success with the K10D. Your suppositions are probably correct. When I say done for, I'm not predicting when... I'm saying that inevitable market forces will finally take their toll, unless something changes quickly. Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:20:34 -0400 > >Why? Pentax has never been a player in the Pro 35mm market. Not being >one now will make little difference. > >I expect to see them bring out a body above the K10D within the next 6 >months, or a K10D 'successor' that is little more than the new Sony 12MP >sensor and a new shutter in the K10D body, perhaps with a higher >framerate. I don't expect to see a Pentax body above the $1300 or so >price point. > >-Adam > > >Tom C wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
