"...has had its first huge price drop." And this is one of the reasons why Pentax struggles financially.
On 9 September 2010 20:58, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/9/9 Doug Franklin <jehosep...@mindspring.com>: >> >> Now that the bodies have gone digital, for the next few years we're on the >> same treadmill that the personal computer industry was on for the first few >> years: as soon as you actually buy something, it's "obsoleted" by a new >> product introduction. This will continue until the technology matures a bit. >> So, like with computers then, you just have to pick a good price-capability >> point, drive a stake in the sand, and quit looking at the new product >> introductions for a while. :-) > > I think it is maturing; the megapixel race is slowing down - Canon was > even so smart to reduce MP on the G11 in favor of IQ - and > improvements shift towards more interesting things like high ISO, low > noise, sealing, geotagging etc. that it actually has me thinking there > is no point in waiting for another model before I replace my K10D. I > am pretty sure I will do so once the K-r or K-5 - whichever I will > ultimately choose - has had its first huge price drop. > > Cheers > Ecke > > ----------------------------------------- > Cameras don’t shoot people. > Photographers shoot people. -- 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.
