Just noticed

Looking at all the competition , I have just noticed how similar the layout of the control and buttons and switches are to the Nikon D300. Seems in true marketing fashion the Pentax guys have taken the best features from the other manufacturers , the best specc and combined woth their own feedback.

comments ?

...or they all arrived at separate similar conclusions about what works and what doesn't

After all, as far as I know, all dSLR users have human hands - and that tends to define the optimum design
Matt

did Canon come to different conclusion then LoL

Im talking about little things like position of ISO button , front and rear thumbwheel , AF switch.

Howard

Think like cars of today, you put the requirements into a computer and design with the answers you get - as peoples hands are alike you are likely to find manufactures coming up with similar ideas - would be very surprised if the body that has a reputation for being ergonomically excellent would bother themselves looking elsewhere at bodies that are and have been criticized for their difficult in use.

Pentax and Nikon cameras are designed by human being for human beings.

Canons, of course, are designed by robots. I wouldn't presume to hazard a guess at their target market.

G

Baaaa! Baaaa!

I don't think Canon need your guess - they manage to grab 40% of the total market by themselves

OUCH!

So do Ford ! but I aint swopping my BMW for one !.

Howard

You're just showing off now

If Pentax's market share was 30% of Canon's, as BMW's is of Ford, Pentax would be as viable as BMW.

Also, Pentax's problem is that Canon and Nikon are seen as more prestigious in the market place. Through brilliant marketing, BMW, in reality yet another European mass car producer, is seen as more prestigious than many other makers.

How about giving up your Pentax for a Ford, then?

They all steal ideas from each other

unfortunately my inheritance appeared 2 years ago ( dad died) and i thought "well, you are only old once!"


but it IS a more prestigiuos car .

I think I would see Pentax as the Skoda to Canon as the Audi.

Same if not better , but certainly better value.

Howard

No, no, no, no, No.

pentax = Saab.

Neglected by parent company (Hoya/GM), limited market share, small product portfolio, left-field thinking, yet still a renowned producer...

You couldn't compare a P30, SFX or ME Super or LX with a 1980s Skoda estelle

I've never quite got the prestige thing with cars, they all seem a form of(very expensive)white goods to me.

I agree about the cameras and of course Skoda was taken from being an also ran in the car market to a contender. It'd be nice if Pentax could do the same thing but I doubt it.

Of course, my Samsung has much less 'prestige' than a Pentax but at £299 I can handle the shame