Originally posted by StrasburgBarry
This IS a Pentax forum AND their objective IS to sell Pentax cameras. I never said or implied there was anything wrong with that. Only that THAT IS their objective. Once again, anyone who doesn't believe that IS being naive.
Barry,
First, this is not a Pentax forum, has no relationship with RICOH or Pentax. If it did I'm sure most members would have already been banned for criticizing the brand. The owner of this site also runs a NikonForums site and has announced a CanonForums site will be coming soon.
Second, the k-3 is not a FF camera, just a replacement for the current k-5II with an APS-C sensor, so maintaining that this forum is designed only for Pentax to push FF cameras is just plain wrong on several fronts.
Third, I don't think anyone on this forum is naive about anything Pentax/Ricoh are doing, we all like the brand, for various reasons but the warts are quite visible and often pointed out.
Fourth, as far as I know no one from Pentax posts here officially or unofficially, much as we would like them to. So :
Originally posted by StrasburgBarry
This whole discussion is Pentax's effort to stir up interest in and sales of a FF format camera. Period.
is hard to believe.
You are entitled to your opinion, and as a long time Pentax user we would value your comments and experience. However, starting rumors such as what you posted does no one any good and unlike a spoken conversation, posts on the internet can and do get copied and quoted again and again, often out of context. If you have some proof that this forum is really a secret marketing tactic of Ricoh I would love to see it as I'm sure many others would.