Follow-on to the notion of a Pentax L-mount camera, Panasonic's latest model has been announced and is featured for pre-order at B&H Photo: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1581612-REG/panasonic_lumix_dc_s5_mirrorless_digital.html ~$2000 for the body only, ~$2300 for body with 20-60mm lens, in other words priced similar to the Pentax K-1 model FF DSLR camera (~$1800 body only, ~$2200 with 28-120mm lens). L-mount lenses from Panasonic, Sigma, Leica and others presently compatible … https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?pn=2&q=Panasonic%20lenses&filters=fct_lens-mount_3442%3Aleica-l-mount …plus others usable via lens mount adapters.
That gives you a notion of what Ricoh-Pentax would have in the field as coopetition. G > On Aug 25, 2020, at 6:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's an interesting question as to whether a) Leica and the other current > participants in the L-mount group are interested in expanding the number of > companies, and b) whether Ricoh-Pentax is interested in collaborating. It > would add more diversity to the mix. > > But I strongly suspect that to do so, Ricoh-Pentax would have to design a > mirrorless body since the L-mount specification that they would have to share > is specifically designed for mirrorless, all electronic cameras. And as good > as the best Pentax lenses are, they'd need revisions for the new mount > because they'd need to be able to be used on other L-mount bodies as well, > just like Sigma and Panasonic L-mount lenses are used on Leica bodies and > vice versa without restriction. So the costs of becoming involved would be > quite high … Ricoh would need to see a positive profitability map for all > that development work. > > The L-mount products, at the present time, are targeting the upper end of the > camera equipment price bracket for their format and features. That is likely > by design and intent. The Panasonic S1h is quite a lot of camera for the > money however, and the Leica SL2 is similarly albeit at a 30% price premium. > It would be interesting to see if Pentax wanted to play in that ballpark and > whether it could reach to that kind of audience. > > G > > >> On Aug 25, 2020, at 3:16 AM, Sandy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >> … >> Could Pentax join the L-mount party? >> … -- 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.
