On 21 March 2012 22:57, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/21/2012 10:02 PM, Paul Ewins wrote:
>>
>> On 22/03/2012, at 6:27 AM, Miserere wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.....
>>
>> That's just the point - this isn't a camera aimed at that segment of the
>> market. Pentax now has two cameras that are completely different to the rest
>> of the market, and therefore aren't competing with Sony, Panasonic etc. If
>> you want a truly pocketable camera, then there is the Q - nothing else is
>> that small. If you have vague aspirations to go further with your
>> photography then the K-01 is a way of hedging your bets. At this point
>> Pentax has to be different from the rest of the crowd, otherwise their
>> mirrorless offering would sink without trace, just like their P&S cameras.
>
>
> Sadly Pentax doesn't seem to be competing period. It's one thing to be
> different. But there's only so far different will take you. They should
> have at least have made provision for a decent accessory EVF.
I agree, just "being different" doesn't mean your product will be
better. I could launch a 3-wheeled car, just to be different, and that
wouldn't make it successful. The K-01 is different in all the places
it shouldn't be, that's my problem with it.
Cheers,
—M.
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