On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:50 PM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 20, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: >>> >> >> In the OK1000 preview (from the blog at >> <http://www.ok1000pentax.com/2009/05/pentax-k-7-hands-on-preview.html>), >> Pentax Product Manager Chris Pound is quoted as saying: >> >> "We think this will really appeal to K10D or *ist users, classic users, >> advanced amateurs or budget pros." >> >> 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. > Paul >
I disagree, the K7 IS a gamechanger for Pentax. It's the first DSLR to deliver both compact size and the build & performance of a semi-pro body. Nobody else on the market has anything really similar (the D90 being arguably the closest, but it lacks the build, weather sealing, SR, 100% finder and is larger than the K7). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
