On 19 March 2012 23:54, Paul Ewins <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 20/03/2012, at 1:51 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure that this /is/ a mirrorless camera targeted at the Pentax
>> faithful. Really if you were looking for an EVIL camera stepping up from a
>> P&S and didn't have an investment in K mount lenses what system would you
>> choose.....
>
> If I was marketing the K-01 the message would be "Do you want to be locked
> into a system with few lenses and no room to grow or would you like to be
> part of a system with a wide range of lenses which will still work later if
> you graduate to an SLR". To me that is the unique selling point of the K-01,
> that it is part of a fully fledged system. If you already own an SLR then
> your lenses will mount (via adapters) to any of the other mirrorless cameras,
> but if your first camera is mirrorless then you can't upgrade to an SLR
> without buying new lenses. This is exactly the same selling point as for
> Nikon/Canon APS-C cameras - you can upgrade to full frame and use (mostly)
> the same lenses. If the K-01 had been made by Canon I'm sure you would see it
> in ads with the full array of Canon lenses behind it to drive the point home.
>
> Paul
Paul,
The problem I see with your sales pitch is that is fails to account
for those users who are growing *into* mirrorless, not *out* of it.
This has been a problem with camera makers and MILCs, who viewed their
clientèle as P&S movers uppers, when in reality many of them were DSLR
movers downers. It took about 2 years until we saw a MILC with dual
controls (the Ricoh GXR) and another year or more until the 2nd
dual-control MILC showed up (the Fuji X100). This latter camera's
success finally made camera makers realise that there are advanced
photographers who want compact cameras, and now we have the Sony
NEX-7, Olympus E-M5 and Fuji X-Pro 1 in the advanced camera segment.
I don't want a MILC so I can grow into the associated DSLR system, I
want a MILC so I can grow into the MILC system and take advantage of
its smaller, lighter bodies and compact lenses. These are the main
draws of the MILC segment, so why do you think someone who bought into
a MILC system would want to move away from that and trade portability
for the larger size and weight of DSLR bodies and lenses, especially
when they gain nothing in IQ? I just don't see it happening.
Cheers,
—M.
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