Mark wrote:
>The only aspect about digital that I find worrisome is Pentax's lagging >adoption of it. Their failure to adopt to bayonet mounts a quarter century >ago result in them dropping from a dominant position to that a second >tier. Failure to adopt to bayonet mount a quarter of a century ago? As far as I know did indeed change to bayonet mount 25 years ago and it wasn't a failure. In fact, the M-series Pentax was biggest Pentax success of all times reached monthly production of more than 50 000 units of single models. They may have been No. 2 in total sales but that was due to the cameras Canon put out at the time (mid 70's). > Slow and late adaptation of autofocus has knocked them back further. Ooops! As far as I know Pentax released the first ever AF slr camera. The current AF system was released in 1987; the same year as Canon, the market leader, released theirs. You cannot accuse Pentax for being late to AF. >And failure to adopt to digital may be the death blow. And with them goes >my investment in Pentax 35mm gear. As far as I know, Pentax is very competitive in digital; the new Optio cameras are very successful. Also, Pentax will possibly be among the first, if not the first, to provide digital slr's that are truly competitive in price. PMA next year could be interesting.... P�l - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
