On 4/27/2010 5:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: "P. J. Alling"
On 4/27/2010 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Cory Waters wrote:
>
>
>> Is it just me or is there like no buzz about any forthcoming
replacement
>> for the K-7? It just seems that there's been a new camera on the
>> horizon about this time the last few years. They've been
churning out
>> the P&S cameras pretty quickly lately and there are these
colorful KX
>> bodies.. maybe they figured to let the K-7 simmer a while.
>> Problem is, what am I supposed to obsess about? I still want a
K-7 to
>> replace my K10 but certainly most who would buy one have one
already and
>> the new body should be here to kick-start the obsessions again...
>> Ah, well... back to computer stuff.
>>
> Seems like ages, but the K7 has been out for less than a year at this
> point. The one we saw at GFM last June was pre-production. I think
> they hit the market in July. So perhaps we'll hear about a
replacement
> in the fall if they're following 18-month development cycles.
>
>
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.
Maybe they're just going to try to sell a few 645Ds before they
introduce a new flagship DSLR?
John, you're not entering into the spirit of the thing.
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