It makes some sense if the new EVIL body is a smaller, lighter body with K5 innards and this is accompanied by the release of a new DSLR. The "new line" has a lower end model which is mirrorless and the higher spec model which is a DSLR. Effectively, this new mirrorless model is replacing the K-r and the something else is replacing the K5.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Jan 20, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>> Tom C wrote: >>> >>>> Assuming I had a K-5, what would induce me to buy a mirrorless system >>>> that is essentially in all other respects, a K-5? >>> >>> The K5 being discontinued? >> >> If no DSLR upgrade were introduced, that would induce me to sell my gear and >> go to Nikon. > > That likely goes for me too, but consider this. We've been complaining > that Pentax *used* to be a market leader, constantly coming out with > new innovations that the rest of the market later copied, but hasn't > done that for a very long time. > > Is it possible that Pentax has finally made (or is about to reveal) a > decisive move here? > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
