It will be a challenge for Ricoh/Pentax to frame a new FF DSLR successor
to the K-1.
But I don't doubt that there is a future for FF though the camera
market is shrinking.
The trend for FF consumer models is now set by Canon EOS RP and Nikon Z5
with a price below that of fully featured APS-C's.
Now mirrorless FF cameras are getting so cheap and compact (not the
lenses) many amateurs will be turning to FF.
Henk
Op 2020-08-01 om 08:36 schreef Larry Colen:
On Jul 31, 2020, at 1:34 AM, Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote:
Not that this provides any new information, but there is now a dedicated
webpage of the Ricoh/Pentax product planning guy on progress of the new APS-C
flagship.
https://pentaxofficial.com/en/5848/ <https://pentaxofficial.com/en/5848/>
I've been considering that with 4-5 years between the K-1 and the new aps
flagship, that's like three Moore's law cycles, almost 4, and in theory one
moore's law cycle would account for the performance difference betwen aps and
FF in sensor performance. The K-3 already outperforms the K-1 in terms of frame
rate and buffer size. If it's really going to be flagship level, they should
take all of the improvements in autofocus, and expand on them. By the time the
dust settles, if they do it right, I'd expect that the only advantage the K-1
will retain is a wider angle of view on full frame lenses, and for some, the
larger body would fit better in their hands.
I also know that if they even hint at a K-1 successor before the new aps is
released, it would torpedo the sales of the aps. I do, however, hope that
there is a new ff body in the pipeline, and that it will be released as soon as
they can after the aps.
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