On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 01:04:25AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Feb 24, 2009, at 13:45, John Francis wrote: >>> Hmm. I got my K10D only a little over two years ago (in December >>> 2006). >>> While I didn't get one as soon as they were released I'm pretty sure >>> that the K10D didn't last noticeably longer than the KM before being >>> superceded by the K20D. >>> >> >> K20D announced 23-Jan-2008 >> K10D announced 13-Sep-2006 >> >> 16-month gap between ANNOUNCEMENTS anyways. >> >> That's pretty brief - but maybe not in "digital" terms! > > It's a different era. Camera bodies today are not 10 year purchases. > They *could* be, certainly there are a number of 2003 DSLR cameras that > will hit 10 and keep on going and being useful, but we're in a > transition phase in the industry. The pace of change is still pretty > fierce. > > Godfrey
I think we may be coming to the end of the new-camera-every-year phase. Looking at the perennial "what I want to see in the next Pentax body" postings there just doesn't seem to be as much wailing and gnashing of teeth as in previous years. We're pretty much down to complaints about low light performance, AF operation, frame rate and sensor dimensions. (But whatever you do, don't mention the aperture simulator). I expect that we'll see cameras with live view and video capabilities getting priority over cameras that address any of those issues, but when (if?) Pentax do come out with a new high-end body I expect that it will be more than capable of serving well for ten years or longer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
