> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > P. J. Alling > > Pentax has been number 4 behind Olympus for some time. Olympus was > maintaining that lead with their Professional offering being no better > in most ways and inferior in a to Pentax's flagship cameras, which were > only positioned and sold as prosumer offerings. Marketing does > wonders. >
There's more to it than marketing - there are some products to back it up. Olympus have 3 very clearly differentiated and very comprehensive lines of lenses for their SLRs, aimed at different segments of the market, from beginners to people like me to professionals with money to spend. They also have a comprehensive system behind their top-of-the range SLRs, which I don't believe Pentax has. Olympus let the SLR bodies fall behind the market while they created the micro 4/3rds market, but they were years ahead of Pentax at the professional end of the market in camera bodies and even now I'd rate my E-3 at least equal to the top Pentax body. B > On 9/16/2012 9:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > Someone speculated that Pentax is now the #4 or #5 brand. If so, they > > need to offer a product that gives buyer's a compelling reason to buy > > Pentax instead of the top brands. > > > > I don't see that in the K5II. > > > > Seems to me that compelling reason used to be what I call "bang for > > the buck", you could get high quality, particularly the SMC lenses, > at > > less cost. I don't see that in today's lens "roadmap". > > > > Not only do I not see them offering a compelling product to attract > > new users, I don't see them offering much to keep the users they > > already have. > > > > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to > avoid a lengthly search. > > > -- > 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.
