Perhaps Ricoh/Pentax is planning to follow the Leica route of going
against the main stream for a small public.
That would seem to be the way to go if you're a small player in a market.
Trying to compete against the big boys doesn't seem to have done Olympus
any good, even though they used the newest tech they could to enhance
their retro offerings.
Sony has decided to spend all it's corporate treasury to capture the
mainstream photographic market, and Nikon and Canon seem to be unwilling
to go quietly into oblivion, while Panasonic wants to give Sony a run
for it's money. That doesn't leave much for a small player.
If Pentax want's to become the Leica of the Pentaprism, and can manage
it, that just gives photographers more options.
On 9/6/2020 4:49 PM, Henk Terhell 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.
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