[Peter Zack]

update, keep voting

Pentax 39.7%
Sony 28.6%
Olympus 21.2%
Leica 4.3%
Fujifilm 2.3%
Panasonic 2.3%
Sigma 1.0%
Samsung 0.7%
Total votes: 9351

[travis_cooper]

Wow, I had almost forgot about this poll, Pentax was in third when I voted, now its got a 10 point lead, cool.

[jgredline]

Perhaps. But the article goes on to say, "Pentax emerged from the "everybody else" pool, with the K10D, K100D Super, and K100D/K110D." In my opinion, just becoming something more than just "everybody else" is a great start - especially when that "everybody else" is competition like Sony, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, Fuji, Kodak, and others. The next step for Pentax is to continue distancing itself from that competition, firmly establishing itself as the #3 player in the DSLR market. That will mean to even better support from third-party venders, better press coverage, and so on.

stewart

Stewart
I could not agree more. Here where I live in perhaps the largest media market on the planet, canon, nikon, sony fuji etc all run TV commercials..They advertise a bunch in the papers and so forth...I have yet to see a single Pentax add. Not a one...Oh I know they are in photo mags but how many people really buy those? The fact that pentax is doing so well is simply because of word of mouth...Sure you have haters like ''rice high'' but for the most part owners love their pentax gear...So for me, I am truly happy my daughter bought me my first K110D because the store was out of D40's...So I became a pentaxian by accident and am very happy about it...I do not own pentax because it cost a little less money than Nikon or Canon.....The way I see it, the better that Pentax does in sales and in these on line polls, the better it is for all of us...This will encourage pentax to develop more lenses, bodies, flashes, etc...So a hollow victory? No way...

[Alvin]

Just voted. Pentax has healthy margin over Sony. (39.8% vs. Sony at 28.6%) Very nice!

[nonnstop]

Glad I noticed this thread and added my vote (twice).

Current rankings (Jan 2, 2008; 7:30 pm US Central Time)
PENTAX = 39.8
Sony = 28.6
Olympus = 21.1
Others in low single digits (less than 5% each)

[ftpaddict]

Voted. Thrice.

I shall keep voting once a day.

[travis_cooper]

Voted. Thrice.

I shall keep voting once a day.

How do you keep voting? Unless you are on a computer with a different external IP address you can't vote more than once. They don't allow multiple votes, I have tried to vote more than once, but if I look at the results before I vote, then vote, the total number of votes doesn't change.

[-=JoN=-]

How do you keep voting? Unless you are on a computer with a different external IP address you can't vote more than once. They don't allow multiple votes, I have tried to vote more than once, but if I look at the results before I vote, then vote, the total number of votes doesn't change.

it doesnt keep track past a set time, you cant sit and keep on voting, but you can vote once every other day or what not..i've voted a few times already, and it did count

[Rickster]

it doesnt keep track past a set time, you cant sit and keep on voting, but you can vote once every other day or what not..i've voted a few times already, and it did count

Hmmm ... just tested and that seems to be the case.

[travis_cooper]

I guess I was wrong, it just let me vote again, although I haven't voted from home in weeks.

[ftpaddict]

I guess I don't have to explain anymore.

[Photo Tramp]

Well just checked the poll Pentax is at 40.0% none of the rest have come out of the high 20's
Keep voting guys.

[m8o]

Yeeha...

Pentax 40.1%
Sony 28.4%
Olympus 21.0%
Leica 4.3%
Fujifilm 2.3%
Panasonic 2.2%
Sigma 1.0%
Samsung 0.6%
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Total votes: 9568

[ftpaddict]

Changed location; voted again.

[Tom Lusk]

I've been shaking my head ever since I first saw this thread.

Do you guys think that by fudging the numbers on the poll that somehow that will affect the sales of the various manufacturers?

I don't get it...