On Nov 11, 2012, at 1:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I could be wrong but perhaps Pentax is not thinking that the K5 II or IIS > will be so much an upgrade from a K5 as a tweaked or slightly improved model > encouraging (for instance) K7 (or older model) owners who initially resisted > upgrading to a K5 to "make the jump". Maybe it's for those looking for a > backup body (as opposed to a replacement) for their K5. Perhaps it's intended > to attract non-Pentaxians into the fold. > > If incremental improvements are available, kudos to Pentax for putting them > in an existing body rather than holding them for the next Big New Flagship. > > There seems so much wailing and gnashing of teeth because its improvements > are relatively minor. I'm sure that if it was intended to be a quantum leap > it would have been called a K4 or K3 or somesuch.
It's not a new model, they just made the K5 better, and for significantly less than when it was released? But, who would want a slightly better version of an already great camera which worked with all of the existing accessories for both the K5 and the K7? -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
