In a message dated 8/17/2002 3:22:46 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> However, I think that unlike Minolta > Pentax is able to get back into "pro" (oh, yes - again this hated word, but > i don't know how to call it in a different way) market and settle there. > Why > "unlike Minolta"? It has already been said several times that Pentax cannot > compete with Canon and Nikon, because Minolta tried it and was > unsuccessful. > Yes, but Pentax has serious advantages over Minolta: its somewhat classic > style, elegance, convenience of control, ergonomy, backward compatibility, > SMC etc. I would add, compatibility between medium-format and 35mm systems for some components -- something that not only is not offered by Minolta, but not offered by Nikon or Canon either. ERNR My photographs hang on the virtual walls at http://members.aol.com/ernreed - 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 .
