Well, PJ, I disagree. My wife has a K70, and the user interface is a mess if one is accustomed to anything from the K10D onwards. I have never handled a KP, but its battery is tiny and its AF is poor, even by Pentax standards, and its user interface resembles neither the K10-7-5-3’s nor the K70’s.
Also, if you want to know just how bright Pentax marketing is, just ask yourself: Why would any company take a product series and count DOWN rather than UP in naming the models? Sheesh. Dyspeptically, Rick > On Sep 4, 2020, at 4:55 PM, P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't say it was a wrong decision. If you want an APS-C Pentax with a > tilt or flip screen there are two current models that suffice. A KP or a > K70. Even thought I don't particularly want either they are great bargains > at the moment, about half what I expect the new flagship to debut at. Sure > you give up some battery life and some buffer, but what I would want a flippy > screen for buffer and battery life are probably the least of my worries. I > also expect that given current sensor tech you won't see a lot of difference > between results from them vs the new flagship. > > Not having an articulated screen does have the advantage of avoiding another > point of failure. I'll bet that Ricoh has a lot of internal data showing > more screen repairs on those models than on any of the others. > > On 9/4/2020 4:29 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >> https://pentaxofficial.com/en/6628/ >> >> Well, as expected, the die is cast: the new flagship will have a fixed LCD >> screen. >> Wrong decisions by R/P.... >> >> Henk >> > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of > idiot to use a Pentax. > > > -- > 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.
