some of us were hoping for an incremental upgrade to a 'flagship' which had the sensor of the kp and the form factor of the k3-ii. it was not to be and i finally went for the k3-ii.
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:02:59 -0500 (EST) Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > While considering various options of replacing my failed camera, I've > considered of what would be the next steps of Pentax with respect to > the new models. > > Asahi Man (a reputable Pentax-insider information leaker on dpreview) > indicated that Pentax has a big focus on FF cameras and lenses in the > upcoming year (which is apparently a big 100 anniversary year for > Pentax, or, more exactly, Asahi Kogaku Goshi Kaisha). > In his recent posts, I haven't seen any mentioning of the APS-C line. > The last flagship APS-C camera (K-3ii) was released 3.5 years ago > (Apr. 2015), about 1.5 years after K-3 (October 2013). > I might be wrong, but it seems to me (and it looks like some other > people, including at least some PDMLers were of the same opinion) that > KP, announced in January 2017 (more than 1.5 years ago) was > positioned a bit below K-3, even though it is clearly above the > "second-tier" (K-50, K-70) product line, and its release is in the > time line corresponding to the flagship line. (Actually, my memory is > a bit vague about the parameters that made KP inferior to K-3.) > > (You can see the summary of DSLR production years e.g. here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_cameras#K_Series_(Digital) ) > > This suggests that Pentax probably somewhat lowered their top APS-C > line in favor of the FF line, and the next APS-C body when and IF it > comes out (which I'd expected to happen before the holiday season, > but it didn't happen, - so, maybe in spring of 2019), - it might not > have all the desired features that K-3/K-3ii had. > > The impression I've got is that APS-C cameras might no longer be a > priority for Pentax R&D, and Pentax will just continue some > incremental releases in this area. > > I realize that its a pure speculation at this point, but I was > curious about the thoughts of other PDMLers on this issue. > > Cheers, > > Igor > -- 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.
