I would imagine the high end camera market (pro's, stinkin' wealthy amateurs) needs to be cultivated, a pedigree established and reasonable user history logged prior to a Pentax offering in that league. Sony had the technology and name going in and, I'd guess, have yet to realize a profit in that relatively minor (for them) division. Maybe a step progression starting with a 7D*, then adding a D700* (with increased MP count).
Jack *Close equivalent. --- On Thu, 4/29/10, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tom C <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 6:22 AM > IMO, they need to come out with a > full spec pro body that at least > competes with a Canon EOS 5D MKII, or even better a Nikon > D3X. > > I don't understand what the AF issue is > technologically. For one > still being on the screw-drive. You'd think they > could license the > the technology if they couldn't design it. > > Possibly it all comes down to a lack of funding? > > Tom C. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:55 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. > Radermacher" > > Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? > > > > > > William Robb <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hoya seems to have knocked some sense into them > >> over the past few years. > > > > Like improving the finger painting filters in the > K-7's firmware instead > > of ironing out the most blatant bugs? > > > > I'm afraid the opposite is true. > > > > I guess we'll have to wait for the first products to > be completely > > developed under Hoya's control to see where Pentax is > heading. Mind you, > > everything "new" we've seen since the take-over has > still been developed > > in the olden days of Pentax. > > > > The only signs of Hoya's handwriting I can see so far > are digital > > kindergarden filters in the K-7, the various hello > kitty colour schemes > > the K-x is sold in, a medium-format camera made > especially for landscape > > photographers without a single wide-angle lense in > sight, and the > > destruction of their exemplary service organisation in > most parts of > > Europe. Not much to be proud of, in my book. > > > > > > All granted, though I recall the bugs you are talking > about relate mostly to > > DFS, which might well be a necessity with the sensor > in the K7. > > I can't speak to the digital filters, I don't use them > anyway. > > We might need to wait for the 645D to start being > delivered before we know > > exactly what lenses they have planned for it. I > suspect that they got rather > > burned when they put the 60-250 on the roadmap and > then taking a couple of > > years longer to deliver it than they said they would. > > I presume that the European service got centralized > into a single centre, > > much like what happened with the USA? > > Some things are just to expensive to keep. > > > > Thise Hello Kitty K-xs are flying off the shelf. > Whether or not you like the > > concept yourself, it seems to be successful. > > Anyway, if Pentax had been doing everything right, > they would still be an > > independant camera maker. > > The fact is, the camera division was losing money > before Hoya, enough that > > the takeover was necessary for the survival of the > company, and last I > > heard, it actually made some money for Hoya. > > > >> From a business pespective, this is not a bad > thing. > > > > William Robb > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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.
