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Comment by cabstar posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 15:37
CMW wrote:
Nothing is going to change the fundamentals. Pentax cameras have a v small market share, and are in the uncomfortable position of being way outside the top three. Spending a disproportionate sum on marketing and PR will be money unwisely spent. It is a long haul ahead for the brand, and the financial logic in the longer term is for further consolidation of the companies producing cameras.
By contributing to this site we have (most of us) made clear that we like Pentax cameras above other comparable offerings. But let's not fool ourselves: the differences between the different dSLRs available are pretty slender. The Nikon D7100 and the Pentax K3 are worthy rivals -- probably the main difference is in the economies of scale that attach to each, with all that means for each company's bottom line and thus ability to sell and support its product.
Well Ricoh are still very profitable so must be doing the right things. And despite not being a major camera manufacturer in the realm of Canon and Nikon they are still a large company with a marketing department and various PR departments.Nothing is going to change the fundamentals. Pentax cameras have a v small market share, and are in the uncomfortable position of being way outside the top three. Spending a disproportionate sum on marketing and PR will be money unwisely spent. It is a long haul ahead for the brand, and the financial logic in the longer term is for further consolidation of the companies producing cameras.
By contributing to this site we have (most of us) made clear that we like Pentax cameras above other comparable offerings. But let's not fool ourselves: the differences between the different dSLRs available are pretty slender. The Nikon D7100 and the Pentax K3 are worthy rivals -- probably the main difference is in the economies of scale that attach to each, with all that means for each company's bottom line and thus ability to sell and support its product.
MattyH wrote:
At the end of the day Ricoh/Pentax can spend all its money on advertising, but in my opinion it will not make any difference until they start making cameras the greater public want or even desire.
And what cameras would they be? FF? How do you attract people to FF without a good APSC level of cameras??? Most members of the public don't even know what they want from a camera to start with....At the end of the day Ricoh/Pentax can spend all its money on advertising, but in my opinion it will not make any difference until they start making cameras the greater public want or even desire.
What Pentax Ricoh really need to do is reach out to some of the pros out there using their products to start endorsing those photographers, supporting their projects instead of constantly ignoring said pro togs. That would make a difference. I know a few togs sponsored by Canon and Nikon whilst I don't know one Pentax shooter in the UK who is sponsored by Pentax. This could raise their brand awareness substantially within the UK, showing pros out there using Pentax products would give the brand some credibility.
Comment by cabstar posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 14:45
But if most if the word or mouth is coming from canon Nikon users the Pentax word of mouth is very small.
Comment by cabstar posted on DPR Best DSLR of the year vote at 03/01/2014 - 09:47
http://m.androidauthority.com/apples-2012-profit-more-than-combined-profits-goog... billion dollars profit last year, that's more than Microsoft, google and Samsung combined...
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 31/12/2013 - 16:05
davidstorm wrote:
Regards
David
are you sure?Conqueror wrote:
Not intended to offend....
Hmmmn.....not intended to offend but very wide of the mark. Talk about jumping to conclusions, when did I ever say anything about writing documents? I work for a company that develops productivity software for PC's and tablets so I think I am in a position to provide a fairly informed comment and tablets are used for productivity applications. My PC does everything I need to for the tasks I require, so I don't need a tablet.Not intended to offend....
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I work with technology in my job so I'm no dinosaur when it comes to the latest kit, but I just find the laptop more flexible, faster, easier to use etc
But tablet=media-consumption device, not productivity device. So yes if you write documents, its not going to be very good on a tabletI work with technology in my job so I'm no dinosaur when it comes to the latest kit, but I just find the laptop more flexible, faster, easier to use etc
Conqueror wrote:
I don't own any Apple products, but I can't see them stumbling
They are already stumbling. Take a look at their recent sales figures.I don't own any Apple products, but I can't see them stumbling
Regards
David
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 31/12/2013 - 16:04
Focus on imaging was the uk's largest photography show.
Comment by cabstar posted on Err Um...we're Doomed! at 31/12/2013 - 04:39
jamieallan wrote:
If I remember correctly the iPad 2 retailed at £399 when it was launched. Apple will now offer you £95 resale value.
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/reuse_and_recycle
My daughter has an iPad 2 and visited us over Christmas. We could not see any difference in response to web browsing and email between her iPad 2 and my Tab 2 on my Plusnet FTTC connection. I think you are being disingenuous regarding the resale value of your Tab 2. If not I've the £20 waiting and will happily buy it off you assuming no damage.
Galaxy tab 3 7" £79 hereIf I remember correctly the iPad 2 retailed at £399 when it was launched. Apple will now offer you £95 resale value.
http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/reuse_and_recycle
My daughter has an iPad 2 and visited us over Christmas. We could not see any difference in response to web browsing and email between her iPad 2 and my Tab 2 on my Plusnet FTTC connection. I think you are being disingenuous regarding the resale value of your Tab 2. If not I've the £20 waiting and will happily buy it off you assuming no damage.
What most places give you trade in etc you can always get double selling privately....
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 30/12/2013 - 22:38
jamieallan wrote:
Matty,
Does 1 ppi difference equate to 'best screen by a mile' in your book? It actually equates to 0.00309 of a difference. You conveniently left out the fact the iPad mini 2 has a dual core 1.3GHz processor and 1GB RAM whilst the HDX has a quad core 2.2GHz processor and 2GB RAM. It's also £319 as opposed to the HDX £169.99. That's assuming you can get it - PCWorld appears not to stock it.
But at the end of the day everyone is free to make their own - hopefully informed - decision.
I'm no fanboy for any particular Android device I simply do my homework before buying anything of reasonable value. I make up a pros and cons list and research detail rather than jump on a bandwagon.
The ipad might have a dual processor but its 64bit rather than the 32bit android uses. As apple make their own os fort heir own system they can maximise both hardware and software. Google cant maximise softwaref or different hardware configurations and neither can the hardware manufacturers.Matty,
Does 1 ppi difference equate to 'best screen by a mile' in your book? It actually equates to 0.00309 of a difference. You conveniently left out the fact the iPad mini 2 has a dual core 1.3GHz processor and 1GB RAM whilst the HDX has a quad core 2.2GHz processor and 2GB RAM. It's also £319 as opposed to the HDX £169.99. That's assuming you can get it - PCWorld appears not to stock it.
But at the end of the day everyone is free to make their own - hopefully informed - decision.
I'm no fanboy for any particular Android device I simply do my homework before buying anything of reasonable value. I make up a pros and cons list and research detail rather than jump on a bandwagon.
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 30/12/2013 - 20:32
Smeggypants wrote:
I don't hate Apple, but there's a lot of propaganda broadcast about them.
The samsung galaxy tab 2 we bought last june has only been upgraded to android 4.2 and runs incredibly slow making it virtually useless, my ipad 2 is still getting updates, still runs well and costs the same now as launch price making resale value still around £200, the galaxy tab 2 value? £20 if we're lucky. As i have said numerous times already i have had to throw away three android tablets because they became obsolete with lack of support and not getting updates, updates that locked the devices out of the various reincarnations of android store, if you cant log into android store the device is useless and valueless.cabstar wrote:
At least with apple you get to talk to someone if you have problems, tried dealing with problems with Samsung gear? A £329 iPad will outlive three Samsung tablets. Its when you take all that into account you realise the total cost of ownership of apple products is not as expensive as the initial purchase price suggests.
Miss Smeggy has a Samsung tablet. When it had problems she phoned someone up and got it sorted.At least with apple you get to talk to someone if you have problems, tried dealing with problems with Samsung gear? A £329 iPad will outlive three Samsung tablets. Its when you take all that into account you realise the total cost of ownership of apple products is not as expensive as the initial purchase price suggests.
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A £329 iPad will outlive three Samsung tablets.
Really? Evidence?A £329 iPad will outlive three Samsung tablets.
I don't hate Apple, but there's a lot of propaganda broadcast about them.
I never quote other sources for my information, nor believe the hype around certain products. i actually buy stuff and compare it. For example my windows laptop is a Samsung Gamer 7 700g7c which cost £1500 an awesome specced machine ruined by windows, my macbook pro retina whilst nowhere near the spec of my samsung laptop i use 90% of the time because it just a much better computing experience. Whilst I still find needs to use a windows machine this is getting to be less and less.
I used to be so anti apple but between MS and google apple has proven to me to be the most productive way of computing, except for the iphone which I own purely because I needed a couple of apps windows phone couldnt provide and the iphone isnt a patch quality wise to my nokia 820.
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 30/12/2013 - 20:13
And are you suggesting google or Microsoft don't take a cut from apps in their app stores?
Comment by cabstar posted on iPad or other tablet for viewing and storage at 29/12/2013 - 23:15
