Dave wrote:
>I guess this is where I really have to disagree. I don't think that Pentax >was 'whacked' by the AF 'revolution'. I think that they, more than any other >company, understood what it would take to put out a decent product. I do believe that Pentax was seriously hurt by AF. In '84 Pentax started the release of their most ambitious and complete lens line and by '85 it was obsolete due to the success of the Minolta 7000. In retrospect, Pentax should have ditched the whole A-series of cameras and lenses and concentrate on updating or upgrading ME-Super or LX type cameras until they had an AF camera ready. >Nikon, as you said, wondered all over the place with controls. I noticed the >N80 has the standard cable release (like the 6006) that the N70 and N50 >should have used. After all that time, but fewer models than Canon, they are >getting the idea. In my opinion Nikon lost the plot as well after AF took over. >It may be that Pentax just likes to wait around until everyone else has >tried out the new stuff, and then try it themselves, but then they have a >few firsts too. It just looked good to me, as I looked through years of >photography and equipment, that Pentax go from point A to point B with less >in the middle. Says something to me anyway. I believe it's only a matter of saving money and taking fewer financial risks. P�l - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
