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Adrian Owerko · 11-13-2008, 09:44 PM

PENTAX Digital Cameras and DSLRs - Official PENTAX Imaging Web site

What do you think? I like it! Very smart

Ole · 11-13-2008, 09:53 PM

A refreshing redesign!

wll · 11-13-2008, 10:12 PM

Very nice and clean, fast up-loading ... easy to see the product line.

A very badly needed upgrade IMHO.

wll

KFrog · 11-13-2008, 10:24 PM

It's about time they updated it. It has been needing a fresh coat of paint for some time now.

mattdm · 11-13-2008, 10:50 PM

The facelift was much needed, although the new design feels a few years old stylistically. Most importantly, though, it seems much easier to get to things now — no more drilling through six levels of menu to get to lenses.

dazman · 11-14-2008, 02:54 AM

I like it, but it doesn't have the wow factor like PPG

Arpe · 11-14-2008, 03:02 AM

They've got the DA* 60-250 on there already, or is this old news?

vinzer · 11-14-2008, 05:11 AM

Agreed that it's totally better than the old design, but I would've at least gone with one of those flash things that cycle through content at intervals, just so they could also showcase their other products in the big box now occupied by the K20D.

I think the Pentax Japan site still has it over the USA site, but good update nonetheless.

Tom S. · 11-14-2008, 06:01 AM

It's undeniably better, but why didn't they use the whole page instead of half of it? The idea behind marketing and selling is to capture the attention of the public. The other half of the page could be used for various pictures taken with their cameras or pictures of the cameras themselves.

RaduA · 11-14-2008, 06:11 AM

I think it looks OK and a lot better than the previous version.

The bad: in my browser sometimes the menu bar lowers when I change categories (e.g. first time when I press Lenses, Accesories, etc).

The good: they posted the first 2 DA*60-250 sample images. The bad inside the good

is that they look more like "art" rather than something we can extract any lens quality cluess from.

Regards,
Radu

séamuis · 11-14-2008, 06:15 AM

its excellent! bout time pentax updated their website. I think its very refreshing and is a good thing to help promote the brand. I agree that Pentax Japan website is far superior but Im sure glad our US site has been updated. the only gripe I have is that they haven't updated the webstore along with the rest of the site. it seems as though they dropped pentaxslr.com and combined the two sites...

mattdm · 11-14-2008, 07:43 AM

Originally posted by séamuis

it seems as though they dropped pentaxslr.com and combined the two sites...

That seems like a really good idea. Pentaxslr.com was basically a hack to get around the fact that the main website was so hard to use.

falconeye · 11-14-2008, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by mattdm

the new design feels a few years old stylistically

Originally posted by dazman

I like it, but it doesn't have the wow factor like PPG

It doesn't. But I easily trade wow for content. wow is fine for an art gallery like PPG which doesn't have to provide any functionality -- which it doesn't, btw...

I'm glad that the new pentaximaging.com site contains good information and is easy to navigate and is searchable by Google and product pages are book-markable... All of this was given up for wow by too many web sites out there. If anything, they should add MTF figures like Sigma does.

reeftool · 11-14-2008, 11:17 AM

The new website is a big improvement. Now they have just have to get the cameras into stores so people can see them.

ogl · 11-15-2008, 12:34 AM

I've got virus (Trojan) here when scrolling photos at lenses page. Be careful!

11-13-2008, 09:44 PM	#1
Adrian Owerko Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South Australia Posts: 435	Pentax USA new website look (very nice) PENTAX Digital Cameras and DSLRs - Official PENTAX Imaging Web site What do you think? I like it! Very smart

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11-13-2008, 10:50 PM	#5
mattdm Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Boston, MA Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,948	The facelift was much needed, although the new design feels a few years old stylistically. Most importantly, though, it seems much easier to get to things now — no more drilling through six levels of menu to get to lenses.

11-14-2008, 02:54 AM	#6
dazman Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,949	I like it, but it doesn't have the wow factor like PPG

11-14-2008, 03:02 AM	#7
Arpe Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,452	They've got the DA* 60-250 on there already, or is this old news?

11-14-2008, 05:11 AM	#8
vinzer Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,399	Agreed that it's totally better than the old design, but I would've at least gone with one of those flash things that cycle through content at intervals, just so they could also showcase their other products in the big box now occupied by the K20D. I think the Pentax Japan site still has it over the USA site, but good update nonetheless.

11-14-2008, 06:01 AM	#9
Tom S. Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Michigan Photos: Albums Posts: 4,317	It's undeniably better, but why didn't they use the whole page instead of half of it? The idea behind marketing and selling is to capture the attention of the public. The other half of the page could be used for various pictures taken with their cameras or pictures of the cameras themselves.

11-14-2008, 06:11 AM	#10
RaduA Guest	I think it looks OK and a lot better than the previous version. The bad: in my browser sometimes the menu bar lowers when I change categories (e.g. first time when I press Lenses, Accesories, etc). The good: they posted the first 2 DA*60-250 sample images. The bad inside the good is that they look more like "art" rather than something we can extract any lens quality cluess from. Regards, Radu

11-14-2008, 06:15 AM	#11
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	its excellent! bout time pentax updated their website. I think its very refreshing and is a good thing to help promote the brand. I agree that Pentax Japan website is far superior but Im sure glad our US site has been updated. the only gripe I have is that they haven't updated the webstore along with the rest of the site. it seems as though they dropped pentaxslr.com and combined the two sites...

11-14-2008, 07:43 AM	#12
mattdm Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Boston, MA Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,948	Originally posted by séamuis it seems as though they dropped pentaxslr.com and combined the two sites... That seems like a really good idea. Pentaxslr.com was basically a hack to get around the fact that the main website was so hard to use.

11-14-2008, 10:15 AM	#13
falconeye Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Munich, Alps, Germany Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,871	Originally posted by mattdm the new design feels a few years old stylistically Originally posted by dazman I like it, but it doesn't have the wow factor like PPG It doesn't. But I easily trade wow for content. wow is fine for an art gallery like PPG which doesn't have to provide any functionality -- which it doesn't, btw... I'm glad that the new pentaximaging.com site contains good information and is easy to navigate and is searchable by Google and product pages are book-markable... All of this was given up for wow by too many web sites out there. If anything, they should add MTF figures like Sigma does.

11-14-2008, 11:17 AM	#14
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,555	The new website is a big improvement. Now they have just have to get the cameras into stores so people can see them.

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