> -----Original Message----- > From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:collinb@@safe-t.net] > > Any DSLR won't make critics happy. In the rags or on this list. Agree there, but I am not a critic - it would probably make me happy! > The company needs to split into separate companies (not just > divisions) that could adequately care for each niche and be > profitable each within its own power. Then maybe we'd see > better stuff. This is not the business model that Canon and Nikon use to adquately care for the "pro" market you refer to. It is not the company structure which stops Pentax competing in this segment, but the company philosophy - they either don't feel able to compete in that segment or don't want to. > I like my Pentax. It's suitable product for my uses. But > the company's behavior is not what is best in the industry. Agreed, their marketing and communications are truly awful.