On May 20, 2009, at 20:08 , Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:50:30PM -0400, paul stenquist wrote:
Sounds like they're not aiming to get K20D users to convert en
masse.
They're going for new users plus owners of older Pentax models who
hadn't
seen a compelling reason to go for the K20D. (That'd be me, for
example,
although I was tempted by the higher ISO as well.)
That kind of thinking leads me to believe we may still see a higher
spec
K30D later this year. The K7 is nice, but it isn't the game changer
that
some were predicting a few weeks ago.
Nah, I just think they're being realistic about whether they can
sell a new
camera to every user every year. I'll be very surprised if the new
camera
later this year isn't aimed to replace the K200D. I think they're
going to
_try_ to keep the K-7 priced above $1000, so there's room between it
and the
$500 K2000.
The "game changer" speculations have been wishful thinking for a
long, long
time. I don't think the economics of it lend any support to the idea,
though.
Although it's worth noting that Adorama actually literally says this:
"The Pentax K-7 is a game changer."
<http://www.adorama.com/alc/blogarticle/11608> :)
They also state: "The new flagship of the Pentax line replaces the
K20D, and although it has a similarly-sized 14.6 CMOS chip like the
K20D, this isn't a simple rebadged incremental upgrade."
Joseph McAllister
Pentaxian
http://gallery.me.com/jomac
http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html
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