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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-08-2018, 02:27 AM
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Obviously people who's cameras have failed will be more negative about a particular brand or product if that product failed them. However, statistical analysis would appear to show that the number of Pentax cameras malfunctioning is not dissimilar to other makes. The incidence of failure in K-30's and K-50's is higher than in other models. But, still quite low, overall. To suggest that the higher failure rate of those products should translate to more negativity to all Pentax products would appear to be an overreaction. About a third of 448 who answered the poll indicated that they experienced a problem with their Pentax KS-1, KS-2, K-30 or K-50 cameras. The majority of these issues were with K-30 or K-50 cameras. 448 was a pretty small sample size, as 5,000 were invited to take the survey. As people who have experienced failures are more likely, statistically, to fill out the survey, the failure rate of some 143 of 448 responses from a sample of 5,000 would seem to indicate that the total failure percentage is very low.
While it's undoubtedly poor that those cameras failed prematurely, that is no reason to bag the brand. Each and every Pentax product I have bought over the last 30+ years have functioned perfectly ever since. If I had one Pentax product fail now, and used that as a reason to consistently speak poorly of the brand, that would hardly be a fair representation of the facts, not so?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
08-07-2018, 04:50 AM
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Your comments about Pentax are mostly negative.
To answer your question: Of course, there are many professional photographers who use Pentax gear.
Here's a few:
Kerrick James, Kerrick James
Brett Harkness, Brett Harkness
Bill Ward, Bill Ward Photography | Things That I Have Seen
Matt Emmett, Forgotten Heritage - Home | Facebook
Kennan Ward, Kennan Ward Photography (He shoots Nikon as well)
Larry Lee, Fine Art Photography | Lawrence Lee Photography | Landscapes, Wildlife, Nature, American West, Rural and Small Town America Photographs |
