I have to agree with all but one point, compatibility, but that shouldn't be an issue with anyone anymore. If you're a pro you or your organization can justify the expense of buying all new equipment. If you're an armature you won't buy anything expensive since it's more or less disposable and why waste money on something that will be "obsoleted" tomorrow.
At 10:35 AM 6/9/03 +0200, you wrote:
Hallo, the last three pentax low and high-end cameras (MZ-60, *ist,
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Costumer benefit: None
Benefit of Pentax Hope they will sell more lenses and more new bodies. They will not care anymore for costumers, who have spend a lot of money in Pentax gear.
Future prospects Bad, Pentax user will switch to Canon to have compabilitty, USM, IS, full frame D-SLR, ...
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