it they could probably sell a lessor Camera for a higher price), Pentax is introducing
a product that will compete on price, not on installed base on some perceived value but
on price it has to cheep since it's not likely to be special. You can draw your
own conclusions. <Old_Timer_Rant ON>I've been using Pentax Gear for a very long time,
It wouldn't take much for me to think that it would be worth paying a premium for
a Pentax DSLR. This one doesn't seem to deliver even that!<old_timer_rant=OFF>
P. S. Just because you won't feel ridicules carrying an external meter to use with
an ELECTRONIC DIGITAL CAMERA with an APS sized sensor, (for what landscapes I wonder),
I know I would.
At 01:41 AM 6/12/03 +1000, you wrote:
The rot sets in when a brand lowers its prices to chase customers. When it does that it attracts a cheapskate customer base who lock it into the bottom of the market forever.
Yashica did not sell Contaxes cheap because it (Yashica) was a cheap brand. Cosina does not sell Voigtlanders cheap just because because they are a cheap brand. Pentax may not be in Canon's or a Nikon's perceived price bracket, but they are better than Yashica or Cosina ever was. And Pentax doesn't need to resurrect a dead German marque to justify middle of the range prices, let alone the upper range prices that Yashica (later Kyocera) or Cosina charge for their Gerpanese brands.
Perhaps YOU don't think a Pentax is worth $US1,600, that's your privelege. I'm out of professional photography at present and can't justify any photographic acquisitions. If I was still active I'd get an *ist D the day it appeared. The compatability question is not an issue at all. If it was unavoidable that a K/M lens was required I'd use an external meter. It's what I do when I use any format larger than 35mm, anyway.
regards, Anthony Farr
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> that > If it doesn't sell for a fairytail amount then who'll buy it? Not the > long time Pentax users who are turned off by the lack of compatibility. > Not the PJ's who are locked into Canon, it won't attract Nikon users > (not much would). Let's face it the *ist-D will be competing with not > only the entry level offerings from everyone else, but also the top level > Digital ZLR's, P&S digitals and used D-SLR's that are being replaced with > the "Next New Thing". It will have to be in-expensive >
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