Hi Bojidar, on 08 Jun 03 you wrote in pentax.list:
>> In my eyes all theese products are entry level. Yes - the *istD is >> entry level as the D100 or 10D are. 2000,- is much money but it is >> the price to enter the DSLR market. High-end DSLRs are the Nikon D1 >> and Canon 1D. >To Canon and Nikon EUR 2000 may be entry-level but not to Pentax. I would define entry-level by the market segment the camera competes in and not by the number of cameras a manufacturer offers. >Why didn't they bring the MZ-S to the market? Because they were smarter than Contax? >Probably because they didn't think that anyone will spend EUR 7000 on a >Pentax DSLR. Yes. That's a very small pro market that is ruled by Canon and Nikon. Why waste power and money in that market segment? It's much easier to earn money with cheaper cameras sold in larger numbers. >I submit that the *ist D will be entry-level, mid-level >and top-level for a very long time. In fact, by the time it comes in >the shops, the Canon 300D might already be out, and chances are that it >will be just as small and light as the *ist D. Maybe, maybe not. Who cares? I want to buy an affordable Pentax DSLR, but I'm not in a hurry. Let's wait and see. Cheers, Heiko
