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I don't know about letting other P&S brands in here. It is the Pentax forum. I do think Pentax needs to work on their P&S cameras. They need to ask Pentax people what they want- like they did with the K10D. They seem to be missing the target - even with lots Pentax slr owners. I sell their P&S cameras, along with other brands, at the store. They seem to be geared more (now) to the "lifestyle" market. Don't think the Pentax slr owners are in this category. I would like an update of the 550,555,750 type camera. Little more than 3X zoom (they had 5X) a hotshoe, and RAW capability. I still want the optical viewfinder too. The only Pentax P&S that are really tempting to me is the WP20 and the 10MP one. If they would add manual exposure and RAW to the WP20 it would do. I could give up the viewfinder and 5X zoom for water proofing. The Olympus 720 interests me too. As does the Panasonic LX2 (with RAW and 4X zoom).
Not saying Pentax P&S are bad just that they have a lot that are very similar. How many lifestyle cams do they need? A little diversity would be nice.
Don't underestimate P&S cameras. I have seen shots like extreme macro that are very hard to beat with DSLR and macro lens. Also some birding pics.
thanks
barondla
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