> From: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> > > Tom, I rather submit to the court that Pentax brand is not dead. In > fact, I can hardly point out a brand that is truly dead. Well, I mean > among those who were established in the last 30-40 years. Even venerable > Contax (with their revolutionary auto-focus rangefinder) is still > somewhat alive, given that you can buy an adapter and mount your Contax > lenses on modern mirorrless cameras. > > Pentax is one of many. Obviously, it is part of human nature to "defend" > one's choice which if taken to the extreme turns to fanboyism or > internet flame wars. Been there, done that. Not interested any more, > thank you very much. > > That said, Pentax makes (or specifically in my personal very humble > opinion, used to make) very dandy gear. > > Boris
Well if you want to get technical about it Boris... :) It's my opinion that what we see with Pentax right now, in their lack of new products that solidly compete with the competition on multiple levels, is that they are simply doing all they can at the moment with limited resources. They're not dead, but you can provide a word if you like... No FF 24 X 36mm body. No Mirrorless ILC or EVIL body save for one being sold at 50% discount No high end large sensor compact They're really only competing in the APS-C arena and that's about it. The 645D is just about out of everyone's price range including mine. Was it ever relevant? The K5 and derivatives may be solid cameras in their own right. Having used Pentax for 20 years I'd be lying and stupid to say they didn't make a product that delivered good results. Fact's are they have only about 2% of market share and predictions are it will decline. If Pentax was working on a FF body they should certainly say so, rather than hide it. As some have pointed out, the lack of a FF lens line is problematic in that regard. Tom C. -- 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.
