10-01-2006, 06:19 AM
[quote rexrzer]
I've never wished for a month to go by faster in my adult life...Pentax has needed a pro/semi-pro camera for so long it hurts...I can't imagine why in the blue blazes it's taken them so long to come up with the technology that's in the K10D:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/pr...igital_slr
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It looks like a good camera from the specs. Pentax lost many serious and semi pro users to Nikon and Canon on a body they could have done with that 6mp chip 2 years ago. Maybe not with the weather seal but 5fps and the 6mp and vertical grip would have kept many users.
Their marketing and distribution is not even close to what Canon, Nikon and Sony are already doing. They need to hustle and get that camera delivered. The Canon rebel XTi and Nikon D80 were in brick and mortar stores 2 weeks after they were announced.
I have noticed a bad news indicator for the K10D. The top selling DSLR are on dpreview's top 10 list of most clicked on cameras. It is an indicator what camera people are clicking on and considering to buy. It is populated with Nikon and Canon. The K10D didn't even crack the top 10 in initial interest surge most cameras get. While this may not correlate with sales, it can't be a good sign. Bottom line, great camera that might be great for Pentax die hards but may not get too many switchers.
I've never wished for a month to go by faster in my adult life...Pentax has needed a pro/semi-pro camera for so long it hurts...I can't imagine why in the blue blazes it's taken them so long to come up with the technology that's in the K10D:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/products/pr...igital_slr
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It looks like a good camera from the specs. Pentax lost many serious and semi pro users to Nikon and Canon on a body they could have done with that 6mp chip 2 years ago. Maybe not with the weather seal but 5fps and the 6mp and vertical grip would have kept many users.
Their marketing and distribution is not even close to what Canon, Nikon and Sony are already doing. They need to hustle and get that camera delivered. The Canon rebel XTi and Nikon D80 were in brick and mortar stores 2 weeks after they were announced.
I have noticed a bad news indicator for the K10D. The top selling DSLR are on dpreview's top 10 list of most clicked on cameras. It is an indicator what camera people are clicking on and considering to buy. It is populated with Nikon and Canon. The K10D didn't even crack the top 10 in initial interest surge most cameras get. While this may not correlate with sales, it can't be a good sign. Bottom line, great camera that might be great for Pentax die hards but may not get too many switchers.