Yes. I'm quite sure I've read those kinds of statements here, especially WRT to the K10D.
Overall I think the list has moderated a bit over the past several years. Having spent thousands on Pentax gear though, I reserve the right to complain loudly and vigourously, whenever I get the urge, or when I need to project some other personal issue on to Pentax. :-) I could kick my dog instead, But why, when there's Pentax? On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
