Pentax no longer holds the #3 spot, their capture of that spot predates Sony's rollout of the A700 and then the A200/300/350 in January. Sony currently holds #3 by a fair margin, that's only going to get bigger as they build up their system to something similar to CaNikon's systems.
Frankly, I wouldn't be shocked to find that Oly's overtaken Pentax for #4, given their far more successful consumer line in 2008. I see a lot more E-4x0's and E-5x0's than I do K200D's (I've never actually seen anyone actually using a K200D in public, I still see the older bodies and the occasional K20D around. Lots of DL's and K100D's) -Adam On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, the main problem here is that many people (I think it is many, but > I may be wrong) may be willing to go that extra-buck and stretch > themselves as far as to buy 5DMkII or D700 or A900. This is what I would > definitely do now if I had Canon, Nikon or Sony/Minolta equivalent of > lenses that I have in Pentax mount. I can easily admit that I should > very much like to have a full frame camera or alternatively to buy into > the system that delivers the promise of small and light gear with > excellent image quality (read - Olympus bodies with potentially Leica > lenses). > > So I would go as far as to predict that all these full frame cameras are > going to be selling really well. The multitude of recent announcements > and the lowering of prices seems to be in line with my understanding. > Naturally, it is driven by marketing departments of respective players. > > Some time ago, it has been written in the news that Pentax managed to > grab the third spot in the list of top selling manufacturers (don't ask > me what market exactly it was, I just don't remember). The question that > invites to be asked is whether Pentax will manage to hold on to that spot. > > To tell you the truth, the recent news about manufacturing facilities > being completely moved out of Japan does make me feel somewhat nervous. > Yes, indeed, my gear is fine and it is shooting straight and going > strong, but quite recent accident with that FA 43 lens that I had last > year clearly indicates that no matter how good, my gear is not going to > last forever, you know. > > Boris > > > John Francis wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 03:28:37PM +0300, Boris Liberman wrote: >>> Adam, IMO there is no immediate need for the camera between K-m and >>> K20D. What is desperately needed, is camera (way) above K20D. For now, >>> Pentax is lagging behind Sony, Nikon, and Canon in this respect. >> >> I'm really not convinced. I've worked for a company (Apollo computer) >> that poured a significant sum of R&D money into developing a flagship; >> money that was never recovered from sales of the high-end model. >> Meanwhile the competition (Sun) cleaned up selling mod-range systems. >> >> I personally would like to see something a little above the K20D, but >> from a bottom-line perspective I'm not sure that anybody except Nikon >> and Canon can afford to develop really high-end systems (even if you >> accept the questionable proposition that having the top-of-the-line >> model really does increase sales of the entry-level bodies; I don't >> think the person who buys a D50, say, cares about the D3, as long as >> there is a D300 to aspire to). >> >> > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
