Ricoh seems to be reaching for a smaller public than even the old Pentax did.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 4:50 PM Henk Terhell <[email protected]> wrote: > A camera nowadays has so many features and no doubt many customers use > ony a part of them. As an example I've never used the video of my DSLR's. > But no way I would buy now a camera with fixed screen, because with the > K-1 I'm tilting the screen in perhaps a quart of my shots in nature. > We have to wait and see what improvements the new APS-C will bring > besides the brighter OVF, but I wonder about the appreciation of the > fixed screen when introduced on the market. > Perhaps Ricoh/Pentax is planning to follow the Leica route of going > against the main stream for a small public. > > Henk > > Op 2020-09-06 om 21:01 schreef Bruce Walker: > > On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 10:30, Henk Terhell <hterhell at chello.nl> 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.... > > I have a tilt-up screen on my 645Z which I *never* use. I only ever > > shoot using the OVF so the LCD remains flat against the body. > > > > Ironically, I am considering substituting a (tilting LCD) K-1 for my > > (non-tilting) K-3 as my backup/alternate body, and I would treat that > > tiltable K-1 LCD the same way: stuck resolutely to the back. Can't use > > an LCD viewscreen for shooting; don't need an LCD viewscreen for > > shooting. > > > > And really, since Ricoh/Pentax has decided to stick with the OVF and > > forgo mirrorless designs, favouring the OVF is a reasonable way to go. > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
