Brand loyalty is nonsense. Corporations have a single loyalty (at best): their stockholders. And as far as Pentax goes -- so far I haven't seen an alternative to LX (lightweight, sealed, -6EV meter, interchangeable finders, etc...). If Nikon comes up with one, at comparable prices -- I would seriously consider switching brands.
Mishka -----Original Message----- From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:32:50 +0100 Subject: RE: Loyalties (was: Re: SMC Pentax F* Zoom 5,6/250-600) > > In other words, Being loyal to a brand does not make sense unless the > brand is loyal to you. Pentax owes us nothing, and in DSLR terms gives > us nothing, therefore we should not feely bound to them by loyalty. It > is latency which holds many with good reason, the expense both in time > and money of changing lens mount is hard to come to terms with for me > and I don't really think I can be bothered. Not that I am against it in > principle, just that a lot of effort went into building up my current > kit - I don't have it in me to start all over again right now. > > I have been thinking about a P&S digicam to get some digital capability, > but now the Foveon offering may comparable in price, so I might grab one > with a 24-70 lens for family snapshots. This could, however, set in > motion a chain of events... > > So who here is with Pentax because of loyalty, and who because of > latency?
