I agree the K20 was a great camera, but the K-5 blows both the K20 & K7 out of the water in my humble opinion. The greatly improved ISO on the K5, to my mind, is a real gamer changer for the Pentax line. I also agree if Pentax improved its auto focus, wow, what a camera Pentax would have. Are you listening, Pentax? Cheers, Christine
On Mar 22, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 March 2012 14:28, Bryan Jacoby <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wouldn't be surprised if the K-5's price doesn't drop quite as much >> as has historically been the case. It seems to me that the K-5 is the >> first Pentax DSLR without any significant deficiencies, so it's >> unlikely that the K-3 or whatever will be as big an improvement over >> the K-5 as the K-5 was over the K-7, etc., and therefore such a steep >> discount may not be required to sell the remaining stock. And if the >> K-r is any indication there may not be a glut of K-5 inventory after >> the K-3 is released. >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:18 PM, P. J. Alling >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Just remember the K20D was a great camera too, and it dropped to ~$600 not >>> long after the K-7 began to ship. I expect that the K-3 will have the new >>> Sony APS-c 24mp sensor, which is a fairly big jump in resolution and gives a >>> 20"x13" print to those who want to use the 300dpi rule of thumb for >>> printing, (as opposed to the K-5 which gives a 16 1/3 x ~11 using the same >>> "rule"). So I expect that the market will be flooded with used K-5 and K-7 >>> which will significantly depress the market for new K-5s, I don't think >>> Pentax will have much say in the price drop. -Most- No retailers will not >>> want to be stuck with old stock, digital cameras. > > I'm leaning more towards your theory, Bryan. I don't think > tight-pocketed Pentaxians are going to upgrade their K-5s just to get > more megapixels, and K-7 owners might take the opportunity to purchase > K-5s instead of K-3s. The only thing that would really convince K-5 > and K-7 owners (IMHO) to upgrade to a K-3 is improved AF, and I mean > *really* improved AF. > > But I wouldn't complain if the K-5 dropped down to $600 in a few > months; I could then conceivably pick up a gently loved K-5 for $400. > If there's one thing you can say about Pentaxians is that we know how > to dream big. > > Cheers, > > > —M. > > \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com > > http://EnticingTheLight.com > A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment > > -- > 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.
