On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 03:44:15PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > News article that says Nikon will be getting out of the DSLR camera > business. They've recently discontinued their entry-level DSLRs D3500 & > D5600 models. > > Canon already announced their EOS-1D X Mark III is their last "professional" > DSLR. > > I don't know if this is good news for Pentax? I hope the brand endures.
I don't see it being good news for Pentax - I don't expect people switching away from Nikon (or Canon) DSLRs are going to choose to switch to Pentax. To be frank, I don't see the DSLR market surviving that much longer, no matter whose name is on the camera. I expect the K3-iii to be the last Pentax APS-C body with a mirror; I can see there possibly being one last kicker to the K-1 line. But after that there probably won't be enough potential purchasers to recoup development costs on any new bodies that have a mirror box and optical viewfinder. Any other new bodies that can accept K-mount lenses (whatever the sensor size) will probably have an electronic shutter and an electronic viewfinder. That lowers the build cost for low-end bodies, and allows for faster frame rates, and all sorts of additional features (remote control with a remote viewfinder, to name but one) on fancier models. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
