Artur wrote: >No, by proper marketing strategy I mean the ability to convince customers >that the own >product is better than the others and that they should buy it.
Pal wrote: >That seems like a hopeless task. You need something to convince them with. >Not even those with large pool of Pentax lenses were convinced about the >Z-1p. Now that fact alone probably killed Pentax wish to sink more money >into marketing of the camera. In '92 Pentax had a limited selection of AF >lenses and those who really wanted to switch to AF felt better served by >other companies. In fact, the big flee from Pentax happened after the >release of the Z-series and I believe this happened because the Pentax >users who wanted to go AF couldn't see any reason not to switch. Have to agree with Pal on this one. I wanted to go Autofocus in 1999, quite late on really. I toyed briefly with a second hand Z-70. (it kept winding the film out of the cassette at the end of the roll so I returned it to the shop) Ended up buying a brand new Minolta outfit. Saw no reason to remain with Pentax at the time, even though the ZX-50, 10 and 5 were available at that point. The MZ-S brought me back though. The limited lenses are keeping me there. Wendy - 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 .
