It needed an 85 right out the gate. Instead they focused on yet another 50mm, something which Pentax is certainly not lacking in....
A flagship full frame camera and not even a single new prime to pair it with, but hey, let's pump out another body. That's just what the market wants! yeah! On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Pentax released several new zooms with the K-1, and I think that’s a priority > in today’s marketplace, particularly for a pro grade camera. On any almost > type of assignment where you have to work fast you need the flexibility of a > zoom. Most of the the zooms, BTW, are superior to the brand’s earlier primes, > so it’s hard to complain. Plus, the brand still offers some good primes in > the Limited line. I still use my K 85/1.8 and my A 50/1.2, Two very nice > primes. But they’re more for play than work. > > >> On Feb 16, 2018, at 2:11 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> They released a FF camera and not a single prime and yet they think >> this is a priority. Think about that for a minute. Ricoh is milking it >> pretty fucking hard. >> >> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:57 PM, William Robb >> <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
