Hooplah on the list about a Canon/Nikon killer? Really? The PDML? My observation is that each new Pentax body goes through a period of anticipation, followed by a brief period of lust, followed by a long period of complaints and bitterness. You know, like a marriage. Seriously, I don't think the folks on this list are very guilty of rose colored glasses. Most like their lenses and accept the fact that Pentax is a a generation or three behind Canikon on the high end. Given the rapid turnover of DSLR bodies, this means they would have been arrogant two or three years ago about the very thing they are complaining about now. Pentax does what it can with the money and orders Hoya gives them. It's not a morality issue or even a very pointed business issue. If Pentax goes away Hoya moves on. They stay alive as long as they make some money.
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > I couldn't care less whether people like what I say about Pentax or > not. Well maybe a little less. :-) > > My point was I think Pentax has had an interim history of producing > some either flawed or lagging products. A statement I'm sure you'd > agree with. I especially feel that way in light of the hooplah on this > list about how each new product was going to be a 'Nikon or > Canon-killer' and make the rest of the industry stop in its tracks). > Had I bought other systems I might have similar gripes, but I wouldnt > know for sure till I laid out the cash. > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Tom C" >> Subject: Re: Photokina observations... >> >>> That's what I thought. >>> >>> So if a 9-year old is having problems with an aspect of a Pentax >>> system not working correctly, assuming lack of focus is not due to >>> some operator error, why was not Pentax not aware of and/or remedy the >>> problem prior to release? >>> >>> The answer is obvious. First sales trumped quality and/or quality >>> control was lacking. >> >> Why would you expect that someone who has been shooting for 3 years, and >> learning photography the way any interested child learns to not outgrow a >> piece of equipment after 3 years? >> Would you say the same thing if she was a 30 year old who felt she had >> outgrown a camera now that she is 33? >> You would do better to chastise Boris for not buying her a D700 in the first >> place. Oh wait, then you'd be pitching shite at Nikon because their camera >> is too heavy for a young child to carry and there was obviously a design >> flaw in the camera that prevented them from making it a pound lighter. >> Tom, you aren't going to get very far down this path before it gets really >> ugly. >> >> William Robb >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
