on 2012-04-18 17:30 Stan Halpin wrote
So Tom, are you saying that the only reason you and others use Pentax gear is to get a lower price? I, and at least a few others, use Pentax because we prefer their product to Nikon, Canon, and other brands.
i bought my K200d because it seemed like a better value, plain and simple, with weather seals and pretty good kit lenses; this was after over-analyzing a bit, after having used a string of non-Pentax SLRs ending with my first digicam (Canon PowerShot G3) which was all i used for about four years; at that point the DSLR market was moving fast and prices were coming down; i had some Canon lenses, but when an acquaintance handed me his low-end Canon DSLR in 2007 or so and it felt cheap, i started to question my assumptions
i was strongly tempted by the Panasonic L1 when it went on fire-sale, but settled on the K200d as a trip was looming
though i was no stranger to used lenses, i didn't wake up to the legacy Pentax ecosystem for a year or two; that is a big part what has kept me loyal, along with the idea that a used K-5 might up my game
picked up an FA 28/2.8 yesterday at Goodwill (attached to a ZX-5n); it's in great shape, and i bought some cheap film to test the ZX-5n (and maybe the ZX-10 and ZX-50 and ME Super that have come attached to other lenses); time to simplify ...
the old Pentax lenses that add so much value to the line also work on many of the EVIL cameras, so i wonder if Pentax thinks its value proposition must now rely less on these
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