On 04/04/2012 00:42, Miserere wrote:
On 3 April 2012 15:26, John Sessoms<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Cotty
On 1/4/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
*Posted on 04-01-2012*
https://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html
ASSHOLES!
Not only that, but full frame assholes, John.
I would buy that camera if it were real. I think just about every Pentax
shooter in the world would buy one. I would even borrow money to buy a
*second one* for backup.
My anger is for them jerking my chain; tantalizing me with something I can't
have.
John,
I don't think "just about every Pentax shooter in the world would buy
one". To a first approximation, I'd say nobody would buy one (meaning
the number of people buying a FF compared to those buying APS-C would
be minuscule).
I don't think this because I don't believe there are enough people who
want a FF, but rather because there aren't enough people willing to
BUY a FF. The feeling I get at PF from those wanting FF is that Pentax
would price it at around $2k, but I really don't think that would be
the case, certainly not when they priced the K-5 at $1,600, and god
knows what they're going to price the K-3 (the real one) at, now that
they've hiked lens prices too.
Sony's FF foray should be a lesson regarding how a great camera at a
great price (I'm thinking the A850 here) can still fail. As far as I
know, Sony lost money on every FF they sold. Mark will tell you what a
wonderful camera the A850 was, and at $2,000 it was a bargain...and
yet few people bought it.
Christine was complaining that the DA* 16-50mm was too expensive for
her when it cost $800, which is a bargain when you consider what
Canikonians pay for the standard f/2.8 zooms, and she's far from the
only one. The core Pentax userbase is a bunch of tight bastards who
spend money only at gun-point (I'm one of them) and I don't see them
(us) buying a $3,000 FF from Pentax.
Pentax doesn't see it either or otherwise they would've released a FF.
For god's sakes, they even saw the potential to make money from the
645D, so imagine how bad it must be for them to NOT release a FF.
That said, if they didn't waste money on stuff like the Q and K-01,
maybe they'd have some funds left over for a FF line of lenses and a
camera.
Start praying to the Ricoh gods, as they are the only ones that can do
something about your FF.
Cheers,
—M.
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