Thanks for the report Zos. The pushback you've received from some on the PDML over some of your comments reflects the broader Pentax-Richo problem: not every Pentax user or potential user has the same goals in mind. For example your comments about long lenses ["Why not get a 300 f4 and use a teleconvertor? "] misses the minor detail that Pentax has not produced a teleconvertor in over 20 years, closer to 30 years IIRC. If you are dong studio or street, you probably hadn't noticed and it couldn't matter to you. But there are those to whom it does matter. Pentax cannot grow and develop if they do not address the needs of the pro as well as amateur, the birder as well as the street shooter, the serious photographer as well as the teenny-bopper moving up from a mobile phone, etc. Many current Pentax users in many disparate areas have their own unique wish-list: teleconverters, decent flash equipment, robust buffering for extended continuous shooting, faster more reliable auto-focus, fast long lenses, etc. It is unlikely that anyone will want/need all of this, but it is likely that every one of these items is eagerly if not desperately sought by some segment of the Pentax community. Pentax currently does well with respect to image quality, low-EV image quality, and small size without losing reliability/strength. In all other respects the product is adequate but not exciting. To be 5th in the world or 3rd in the world, to even get noticed! Pentax needs to go from doing not much of anything very well to doing everything exceptionally well. We'll see. Meanwhile, if Pentax will give me 1.4x, 1.7x, and 2.0x teleconvertors optically matched with and optimized for my DA300/4.0, I'll be mollified for a while.
stan On Jan 29, 2013, at 8:26 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:y > I asked specifically for a 24 or 28mm. I would get a lot more use off a 24 > than a 400.... > > Their answer is the 560. If you think an f4 400mm would be much cheaper go > price current canikon equivalents. Why not get a 300 f4 and use a > teleconvertor? It has pretty adequate resolution for that. > > Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Zos, >> I hope you made your points. Full frame sometime would be good. >> Meanwhile, How about a fast (F4 or better) 400mm autofocus. >> And a 1.4x or 2x autofocus extender. >> I really love the DA60-250/4, but it doesn't reach far enough. >> I'm really happy with the K-5IIs but want the next upgrade as well. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> 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. > > https://www.facebook.com/zosxaviusphotography > > -- > 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.
