Pentax can do any damn thing they want. I expect that the K-7 would
have been the replacement for the K20D except that it was more than an
incremental change. I expect that the K200D was slated for replacement
and the new Camera will be something between the K20 and K200 in
capabilities. For example I expect to see a K X00 model with a Sony
~12mp CCD or CMOS, (If CMOS with live view), and either the K10/20D
control interface and most of the software features of the K-7 and a
pentaprism, or a K200D interface, (simplified, one wheel, etc.) on a K-7
style body, (no metal shell, but plastic), with one control wheel and a
mirror prism.
Bruce Walker wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
Their Japanese site doesn't
Google Translation
http://tinyurl.com/lq3psw
Joseph McAllister wrote:
Pentax Japan's English site shows them as still available. B&H is
the only place I see where they are listed as discontinued, And even
then they ask you to call them for more information.
Let's see - the model is more than a year old - so it is
understandable that they should no longer be made. Picked up on the
computer hardware/software business model, I guess. Forced
obsolescence.
On Sep 5, 2009, at 16:51 , P. J. Alling wrote:
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, (I'm a bit behind on the
list), but B&H photo has it listed as discontinued. Pentax's
Japanese site has them in the discontinued list, though Pentax
Imaging, (Pentax USA), still shows then a current.
I'm confused by one thing. During the lead-up to the K-7 release, back
when it was all mysterious and there were only rumours about it, Ned
Bunnell and possibly other Pentax spokesmen stated that the K-7 was a
"new thing", a paradigm shift, and was *not* a replacement for the
K20D. Does anyone else recall that, or is my memory worse than I
thought? I seem to recall talk about the two models co-existing in
the product line-up.
So if that's true, then what *is* the replacement for the K20D, now
that it's discontinued? Funny, the K-7 seems to me to be a complete
replacement for the K20D in pretty-much every possible way.
Oh well, marketing types and politicians must be cut from the same
cloth I guess.
-bmw
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