Absolutely agreed. But they took over three years. Imagine they did that all the time. But the WR kit lenses were a stroke of genius in terms of lowering the entry hurdle for a weather sealed kit from by about a grand. That really gives me hope. -Ecke
2009/8/27 Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net>: > The DA* 60-250 seems to have less initial problems than did the earlier DA* > lenses. And Pentax took their time with it. Well worth the wait, I'd say. > Paul > On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Graydon wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:24:18AM +0200, Eckehard Wegner scripsit: >>> >>> My worry is I am not sure where Hoya is taking Pentax. I don't mind >>> paying more for more but my impression is they are asking more for >>> less right now. The combination of low wage country assembly, end user >>> quality control, >> >> Anyone on the list got actual stats? >> >> While there have been some issues, the combination of broad innovation >> -- something new to the camera industry -- and new assembly staff, who >> don't have the depth of experience, will necessarily hammer quality >> control. No evidence that Pentax has been having excessively *bad* >> quality control issues under the circumstances, or that the trend isn't >> in the right direction. >> >>> outsourced service, R&D and marketing budget cuts, >> >> Are you sure there have been R&D cuts? >> >>> increasing times to market and last minute component changes is making >>> me nervous. It all looks to me like footprint reduction for the sake >>> of short term profitability to make the unit attractive for potential >>> partners. Nonetheless, there is no alternative for me; affordable >>> weather sealing is a killer feature in my book. >> >> Or it's "let's not go broke". >> >> Digital means that there will be about as many camera makers left >> standing for niche cameras -- which is any camera that isn't in a phone >> -- as there were manufacturers of film in the film days. Which, in >> turn, means that Pentax *must* get a partner or partner to continue. >> It's not a "we would like to"; it's a "we absolutely must". >> >> >> -- Graydon >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
