> "William Robb" wrote:
> >Pentax is not interested in the "pro" 35mm market. They never
> >have been. They never will be.
>
> Too true.  Also a major pity too.  All those students starting out on 35mm
> Pentax gear who must later be switching to other brands to go
professional.
> They must see something like a lack of professional 35mm gear or the
> inferior marketing as the reason for them to switch.  Seems a no-brainer
to
> me to have at least some sort of product offering and marketing effort to
> try to keep those individuals in the product line.  Guess the
> marketing/product folks over at Pentax have brains or something :-)
>
My guess would be that Pentax can't/won't go to the expense of furnishing
cameras, lenses, and support a la Nikon and Canon.  They seem to be
perfectly happy with their niche among knowledgeable and discriminating
people like us :-)

Bill
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