On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:29 PM Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:
> Rob Studdert wrote: > > >The K5IIs actually made the K5 useful, I'm still using my mK5IIs, my > >pair of K5 bodies are long gone, their focus speed/accuracy in low > >light was appalling. If these specs are true it's really offering a > >very very limited advantage over the original K1. > > Well, yeah. That's the point: To offer just enough improvement to be > useful but not enough to piss off people who already have a K-1 (by > making them think they should have waited). > It doesn’t appear to have worked out very well. People here and on that somewhat neurotic forum dedicated to Pentax are having kittens because of this “useless upgrade”. This seems to be another case of the more you have, the less happy you are. Ricoh doesn’t seem to be giving Pentax the unlimited resources required to build a world class system in a hurry, and at this point, they need to be fleshing out some sort of prime lens system more than new cameras. We’ll get out K1 replacement, but I expect it won’t happen until they can plunk a 50mp sensor into it and not have it cost $3k or more. As for the K3 replacement, it’s quite possible that Ricoh has decided that high end APS-C is now a dead end and will continue with lower end bodies, or perhaps go mirrorless with that format while concentrating their flagship efforts on the 35mm format. > >On 16 February 2018 at 11:13, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Uh...yes. I have the lenses and camera (k-1) I need. Want the 70-250 > but waiting for a price break. The K-1 II is a typical between models > upgrade, much like we saw between the K5 and K3. The next full frame camera > will probably be a Nikon 850 clone, and Ill buy it. No problem here, > >> > >> Paul > >> > >>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now? > Wtf > >>> Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a > year > >>> now? Will there be any pentaxians left??? > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
