I'm not sure it even goes as far as a high-end model that is admired.
It's just the name-brand recognition.
My brother in law and my sister for example. They asked me to take
them to a camera store and recommend a SLR to replace his old Nikon
and three lenses, and get my sister a P&S. I went, I compared the
deals and refunds and capabilities between Nikon and Pentax at the
same price points. (His old nikon lenses would not fit a new digital
camera). We compared the Pentax and Nikon P&Ss. He was convinced that
Pentax was the financial and feature way to go. He seemed excited
about it.
A week later he called to brag about his new Nikon, and two lenses
that he paid $1000 more for than the same thing in Pentax land. So I
asked how much trade-in he got on his old equipment. None. He kept
them to give or sell to someone (he knew not who) at some time in the
future. His explanation (FoS) was that he 'knew' Nikon, and was afraid
he'd have a hard time 'learning' Pentax. Got a Nikon P&S for my sister
as well.
This is the same guy who had a computer custom assembled from what the
consumer magazines said were the best and most expensive components
and loaded it up with Windows, and all the security and firewall
software and hardware he could get. Two years later, and $1400 poorer
from repair and software service charges, he put it in the closet and
bought a 20" iMac off the shelf. He likes it.
Maybe in a few years and MAYBE 1000 exposures later, he'll do the same
with the Nikon.
He's an idiot!
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
On Nov 2, 2008, at 15:43 , Mark Roberts wrote:
PN Stenquist wrote:
On Nov 2, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
The market is moving toward full-frame and Pentax has to sink or
swim.
Or continue to do a good job with affordable high resolution APS-C
cameras. Perhaps.
Time and market forces will determine what strategy is best. But
given the current economic constraints, "affordable" at more than
14 megapixels could be a good place to be.
The problem is, you sell those affordable APS-C cameras by
impressing people (most of whom don't know anything) with your high
end stuff. One of the crappiest cameras I've ever held was the
original 6-megapixel Rebel-D, but Canon sold enough of those to buy
a small country. They didn't sell because of how good the Rebel-D
itself was, they sold because of how good (in public perception) the
1Ds was.
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