I would expect the 645D electronics in a K-7n after the release of the 645D. They will have done some tweaks to the K-7 electronics in the 645D, and they'll bring them back to the K-7 as a K-7n. My 2 cents... Bob S.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:50 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/27/2010 2:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> On 4/27/2010 11:04 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>>> >>> There were rumors about something just after the 645D anouncement, but >>> they seem to have damped out. I expect that's because unless Pentax goes >>> to a ~24x36mm sensor, there's not much more except bells and whistles >>> that can be added to the K-7, (well better high ISO performance or more >>> Megapixels but that seems to come at a cost in detail resolution if you >>> do both). I suppose Pentax could join the FPS race and try to match or >>> exceed the D300 and 7D but that seems unlikely as well. >>> >> >> They could produce the K7 in a variety of colors. :) >> >> Someone once pointed out that Pentax seems to alternate usability and >> performance updates (one might argue on the term upgrade with any particular >> usability feature). >> >> I doubt that the form factor will change from the K7. It's something that >> too many people like. >> >> At the moment, they're selling a lot of K-xen because of the high-ISO >> performance. They could see that as sabotaging K7 sales, or they could >> assume that while people won't buy a bottom end camera after buying the high >> end camera, if they sell as may K-xen as they can, then people are more >> likely to get the high end body sooner afterwards. So they can delay the K7 >> replacement for a while longer, sell more K-xen and have more time to spend >> on development of performance boosts for the K-x. However, I doubt that they >> think that strategically. >> >> Another question is whether they'll go for incremental improvements in >> areas like autofocus, or if they are ever going to just start over with a >> fresh design and look for a huge improvement. >> >> The alternative is that Pentax could be devoting all of their engineering >> resources to the 645D series. >> >> > Well, there could be a K-7n which wouldn't be a whole new camera but one > just one upgrade, I think the ZX-5n was introduced just about 6 or 7 months > after the ZX5, and it's only real improvement was a DOF lever. A major > improvement in my opinion. However the K-7 and 645D seem to share their > user interface in large part so I expect that firmware and internal system > boards are mostly interchangeable. In fact if it were me, only the imaging > subsystems and body shells would be different. It would save a lot on the > manufacturing costs of the 645D if almost everything, not image and lens > mount related, was shared with the K-7. > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
