I sense a recurrent theme here. Godfrey
> On Sep 20, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Face it. We're all interested in it. > > It will come out with some interesting new features, but sensor performance > will not be much improved over the K-5. There will be wailing and moaning > and gnashing of teeth. > 1) It isn't full frame. Pentax is doomed. > 2) The sensor performance isn't significantly improved, so it's not > that much better than any other APS body, and several FF cameras out > score it on DxO. Pentax is doomed. > 3) The new features it has are not the ones I want. Pentax is doomed. > 4) Some small, but significant number of people will buy cameras that > have a manufacturing defect that is rare enough that it wasn't > detected in the prototypes. Many other people will imagine that their > camera has this defect. Pentax is doomed. > 5) Meanwhile, several people on the list will buy it, and while it > won't be perfect, they will decide that it is a significant improvement > in usability over the K-5. They will be able to get a small, > but significant number of shots that they otherwise would have missed > with the K-5 family. However, the quality of their work will not > make a sudden but substantial improvement. Pentax is doomed. -- 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.
