Originally posted by AyeYo Maybe the "Pentax can do no wrong" label isn't the right one. Maybe what it actually is, is an air of defensiveness that lashes out against legitimate and deserved criticism.
AyeYo, AyeYo, ... ts ts ts... *shouldertappin*
You couldnt be more right. ... but c'mon... stating something like that in here ... what do you expect?
Why do you bother about those "usual suspects" that worship PENTAX as their very own golden calf !?
JUST DONT ANSWER TO THOSE PEOPLE DIRECTLY... their answers are always so tedious and the suggestion i want to give to you is this: if it is naggin on your nerves when you read those comments and you cant blind it out mentally, just put them on the good old
IGNORE LIST
They will never understand that Ricoh or the PENTAX brand are NOWHERE near doomed
or NOWHERE near selling their cameras at self cost...
(who actually believes those self-cost production lies anyway? when did that came up again? ah ... t'was when sony pretended to do so with their PS3, that actually used faulty server PPC processors that where available 4 a penny and a dime... ROFL....
)(anybody heard about modern marketing? NO... LOL... didnt you already realize the problem of those guys? ... layin out financial results they dont understand, estimating sold unit numbers, no company really releases...)
They also tend to ignore that other brands offer dozens more of product(lines) that they are all maintinin, supporting and cultivating and still are alive...
It is the usual PENTAX-IS-DOOMED-Angst which makes them "duck and cover and never say a word." and they dont get away from it. arguing is useless.
if you try that to often, they tap the shoulder of some admin and your comment is kicked out faster as you can say "8fps burst rate should be standard" or even "4K attracts buyers"...
You could try from time to time by stating:
"When i see how PENTAX produces their cameras, i see they should be highly cost effective..."
but if you say:
"I mean the K-1 not even had USB 3.0 despite the K-3 had it...
... i guess the K-1s milbeaut chipset is the inciest upgrade possible from the K-3II ...
there is no PENTAX IS DOOMED.... and it doesnt make any sense to worry about something.
You know that . I know that."
they may get angry.
And do you honestly think, you can change the minds of people who state things like...
"The true 'realists' are those who recognize who Pentax is.!"
or "two groups are: 1. Pentax can do no right and everything Pentax does is intended as a personal affront to the poster. 2. Realists"
*(if they want to use "realism" instead of idealism or opportunism they'll just do, no matter if right or wrong.)
... by makin car brand comparisons..? not a chance. i've seen people try that and they all failed... again, if you want to post your oppinion in here (so it maybe gets read by a RICOH-Imaging internal person)and avoid getting mad when reading the ever same comments on em, just ignore those answers or blind em out ... no other way.
... whatever in the world it would be, it takes to get those fanatics thinkin in a more progressive way and drop off their homely mind-constructs, so they also scream out loud to Ricoh-Imaging and say:
"Hey there!! We are long loyal customers and its really not the time for 5 year old chipsets ... we need better features...!"
One thing for sure will NOT accomplish it.
confronting them...
dont you see..
always the same reaction.
they throw you in a pit and say you feel personally affronted just because you want to let Ricoh-Imaging know, that it really hurts if you see something like this faked K-1II specsheet and no official denies it.
so good luck. have a good time on the forums.