I'm hoping for this. I'd really like to see Pentax try a plastic version of what Fuji just released (the X Pro 1) with a built in EVF. I think Fuji is going after the M9, but I don't' think Pentax has the mojo for that.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 20, 2012, at 2:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> 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. > > I'd be very happy with that. > Paul > >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
