Some of us never left full frame lenses... On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that informative report! > I definitely think that their North American marketing needs some serious > help. > No. 3 camera maker is ambitious, but it starts with superb products > that cover a wide range of markets. I think that their Q, 645D, and > APS-C cameras are all currently superb. Hope they can hit another one > out of the park with the full frame (even if I don't currently see > myself being in the market for one myself - I am positioning myself > with full frame lenses). > > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >> Pentax put a notice out some time ago about jim malcolm wanting to >> interview pentaxians. I wrote them a long letter and they called me last >> week. We didn't talk too much about anything concrete. It was more casual >> than I ever expected. Jim seems like a very nice guy and he seemed very >> enthusiastic about taking over north america. I personally feel that the >> ricoh aquisition will pay off in spades with time to us pentaxians. He did >> confirm, but was otherwise tight lipped on full frame. His comment "well we >> let the cat out of the bag..." >> >> He loved the mx-1 and wanted to brass his copy up lol. He also confirmed >> that the Q indeed lacks a low pass AA filter. He felt that it was marketed >> to the wrong crowd here, but in japan it is currently doing very well. >> Also we talked about post processing a lot and he talked about how >> capture one doesn't support the 645 due to it being a phase one product. >> He also convinced me to give phase one a try. I downloaded the trial, >> but spending another 300 on software is probably not the best use of my >> money at the moment I must admit. I did like what I saw though. >> >> He told me to stay in touch and I have his assistants email address at >> pentax. All in all it was a nice chat and I was quite a bit star struck and >> speechless unfortunately. I did hammer out my main points in my letter >> (more primes...bring full frame...etc) which I'm pretty sure he read. >> He seemed to like my work too. Who knows...maybe I can get into the >> pentax gallery online one day..... :) >> >> I did repeatedly state that marketing in north america needs vastly >> expanded upon. He said that their goal is to become the #3 camera maker in >> the world. To that end I say, best of luck and its going to be an >> interesting ride either way. Looking forward to the future of pentax in >> this small corner! >> >> -- >> 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.
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