Originally posted by normhead In a word , no.
If there are any Ferrari owners here, speak up, prove me wrong.
but I don't think we own Edsels ( automobile or camera + lenses ) either
" They didn't buy it because it didn’t live up to the expectations the company created in the prior months with the epic advertising campaign.
So actually the first failure occurred for the Ford Edsel before anyone even saw the automobile.
And for those who did buy an Edsel found that the car was plagued with shoddy workmanship. Many of the vehicles that showed up at the dealer showroom had notes attached to the steering wheel listing the parts not installed. In addition to the car not living up to the marketing hype, the United States was in a recession and Edsel offered its most expensive models first while other carmakers were discounting last year’s models. This was their second failure. . . .
Not having a separate and dedicated work force to build Edsel cars would prove to be the third and biggest failure. . . .
The automobiles biggest problem was its automatic “Tele-touch” transmission. The driver selected the gears by pushing buttons on the center of the steering wheel.
Introducing a complicated system without training the dealership level mechanics how to fix it became failure number four. . . . "
The Edsel Automobile ? A Legacy of Failure
I agree we don't own " Ferraris "
I think that Pentax has a better cost/value ratio than that
I think of Pentax as having good quality equipment up and down the price line, the ability to take advantage of past " knowledge " and lenses and as a " secret " brand
as good or better than the better known ones which may have as great or greater top of the line products with high prices but lower end lesser quality " door buster " items
IMHO, YMMV
Last edited by aslyfox; 12-09-2017 at 06:49 AM.