Pentax hasn't even been concentrating on entry-level kit, they've been completely absent in that market since January and will remain so until the K2000D starts showing up on shelves, and even then it's not exactly cheap (As it's kitted with the 18-55 and the AF200FG flash for $699, not even close to entry-level pricing when there are several sub-$500 kit options out there like the Sony A200 and Nikon D40, The K200D's vaguely reasonably at under $600 for the kit nowadays, but that's a recent development)
-Adam On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:13 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pentax seems to be concentrating on entry level aps > Models and ignoring their FF past. They don't want > To develop a new line of FF lenses to sell with the FF > Camera, so they are avoiding FF camera it seems. Sucks.... > > JC O'Connell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brendan MacRae > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:08 PM > To: pdml > Subject: Sony full frame A900, where's Pentax? > > Sony now has a FF camera? > > <channeling Seth and Amy from SNL> > > Really, Pentax? You're going to allow Sony to jump > into the FF market ahead of you? Really? Sony? The > company that made the Walkman and the Betamax? I mean > you've been making SLR's since what, 1952? Sony's been > making them since...? Really? > > ;-] > > On the serious side, I don't really have much of a dog > in this race. FF isn't the end-all-be-all for me (and > some of the specs on the A900 aren't really that > impresive, ISO range and AF). And yes, yes, yes...I > realize that Sony has all the money in the world to > put into R&D and production. And we all know about > Pentax's marketing strategy and pro-sumer bias right > now, but for whatever reason a FF Sony camera being > out there without a Pentax rival chaps my hide a bit. > > I should remember the thing is going to cost $3000. > Makes me feel a little bit better. > > K, I'm done. > > -Brendan > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
