Low spec, but not low-price. Sony and Nikon are currently duking it out over the actual low-end of the market.
-Adam On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:03 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Their latest camera is a low spec K2000, I just read about it in > A photo mag yesterday, and even the head of the company said they > Have no intention of going pro, ff, or high end dslrs, they are > Going to stick with aps and entry level (read cheap) dslrs. > > JC O'Connell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Adam Maas > Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 2:36 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Sony full frame A900, where's Pentax? > > Pentax hasn't even been concentrating on entry-level kit, they've been > completely absent in that market since January and will remain so > until the K2000D starts showing up on shelves, and even then it's not > exactly cheap (As it's kitted with the 18-55 and the AF200FG flash for > $699, not even close to entry-level pricing when there are several > sub-$500 kit options out there like the Sony A200 and Nikon D40, The > K200D's vaguely reasonably at under $600 for the kit nowadays, but > that's a recent development) > > -Adam > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:13 PM, JC OConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Pentax seems to be concentrating on entry level aps >> Models and ignoring their FF past. They don't want >> To develop a new line of FF lenses to sell with the FF >> Camera, so they are avoiding FF camera it seems. Sucks.... >> >> JC O'Connell >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of >> Brendan MacRae >> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 1:08 PM >> To: pdml >> Subject: Sony full frame A900, where's Pentax? >> >> Sony now has a FF camera? >> >> <channeling Seth and Amy from SNL> >> >> Really, Pentax? You're going to allow Sony to jump >> into the FF market ahead of you? Really? Sony? The >> company that made the Walkman and the Betamax? I mean >> you've been making SLR's since what, 1952? Sony's been >> making them since...? Really? >> >> ;-] >> >> On the serious side, I don't really have much of a dog >> in this race. FF isn't the end-all-be-all for me (and >> some of the specs on the A900 aren't really that >> impresive, ISO range and AF). And yes, yes, yes...I >> realize that Sony has all the money in the world to >> put into R&D and production. And we all know about >> Pentax's marketing strategy and pro-sumer bias right >> now, but for whatever reason a FF Sony camera being >> out there without a Pentax rival chaps my hide a bit. >> >> I should remember the thing is going to cost $3000. >> Makes me feel a little bit better. >> >> K, I'm done. >> >> -Brendan >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > M. Adam Maas > http://www.mawz.ca > Explorations of the City Around Us. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
