That's just it, the K-3 will most likely have the same effect on the K-5
that the K-7 had on the K20D, at least as far as price is concerned.
The K-5 will be last years news and this weeks fish wrap. It will never
not be a great camera, but it won't be a new or current great camera,
and retailers will be blowing them out to make sure that they don't get
stuck with them on hand when the successor to the K-3 is releases and
their effective price point is so low that the there's a negative margin
on each sale.
On 3/23/2012 12:59 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
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.
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