I think what Ned said was that the K7 wasn't the k30. It wasn't the
next iteration of that series, but rather a new direction. I don't
think it was was ever said that both cameras would continue to be
available. As the owner of both a K20D and a K7D, I'd have to say
they're too close in specs and concept to remain in the lineup side by
side.
Paul
On Sep 6, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
Their Japanese site doesn't
Google Translation
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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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