Stan Halpin wrote: >On Apr 21, 2012, at 2:53 PM, George Sinos wrote: > >> Isn't the K-5 almost two years old. These days you need to cycle your >> products faster than the old days. If they start marketing like the >> Number 1 camera company they will give it a new model number, put in a >> couple of firmware upgrades and release a "new" camera every 18-24 >> months. >> >> Nobody wants to buy a camera that hasn't been "improved" in the last few >> months. > >I always worry when I see anything advertised as "new and improved." >I can't help but wonder why they didn't get it right the first time. >And since they couldn't do it right the first time, why should I trust >them this time? I appreciate technological advances being incorporated >into new replacement products but I am skeptical of "improvements" to >existing products.
The K20D was a new and improved K10D The K7 was a new and improved K20D The K5 was a new and improved K7 Don't expect it to stop any time soon. I expect the K5 replacement will use the Sony 24MP sensor, which I think is rather a shame (unless they keep the K5 in the line-up, like Nikon is doing with the D700). I find a 16MP camera and a 24MP camera are quite different animals - there's a place for the 24MP camera, no doubt, and I find my 24MP Sony invaluable for some work, but a camera in the 15-16MP range seems to be the sweet spot for most photography, even allowing for generous cropping. But that's the way "progress" goes... -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
