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Originally Posted by Al Tee
& think, "why are they now deemed second class" to the likes of Nikon & Canon, the brands that I got sucked into?.. what's happened..?
Al.
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Lousy marketing has been Pentax's main issue in recent years. As others have said, they lost their way a bit in the 1980s and Canon capitalised on this. The products were not as good as the competition it has to be said, the press were fairly mercenary in their judgement of this, there was an attitude of "it's not as good as Canon/Nikon, therefore it's no good". Pentax products are now playing catch up, and the current K10D and K100D models are excellent, it's just a shame that the market demands ever more variety and customers are swayed by branding so much. If you can look beyond the obvious, there's some very capable models to be had at bargain prices.
Duncan