Originally posted by i_trax well spoken, I will definitely get K-S1 and will play with it, I like the design, I like small compact size and all its features, it will remind me of my old K-x in a way
and most likely will pass it to my daughter , she will love it
it feels good, looks good and hopefully performances will also be good
Thanks !
My hunch is that the K-S1 will become the entry level model once the 16 mega pixel Pentax's are run out. The higher price will make the K-500 and K-50 more appealing - but this is standard stuff in the product cycle. So the K-S1 probably replaces the K-500 IMO, and my hunch is that the K-50 replacement (K-S2 ?) will have weather sealing ........ I know, more future rumors and speculation ! But it looks like an entry to mid-level revamp from Pentax.
So I'm guessing that all the venom, hysteria, lunacy and complaints about the K-S1, might translate into the improvements for the K-50 replacement. To me, the K-S1 looks entry level according to the feature set.
I really like it as an entry level camera, I think it looks great, and a logical competitor to the baby canon DSLR. But I'd wait to get it after the 16mp cameras are run-out.
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Originally posted by DennisH Just to be clear, we currently have a thread predicting possible future rumors, and here we have a "look back" at a camera that hasn't been released yet.
Silly season in Pentax land.
I couldn't agree more !
Hardly anybody has had it through their hands, and already they're writing it off as a piece of junk. I'm really getting fed up with some of these Pentaxians who throw tantrums if its not a 35mm DSLR.
Some of these folks are seasoned veteran Pentaxians, and they fail to identify the product cycle. Pentax needs to revamp its entry level to mid level model line-up to be competitive against the other 3 brands. Pentax already did it to the top tier with the K-3, so why is almost everybody having an embolism as Pentax revamps the entry to mid level line-up.
Seriously, I think Pentax needs to release a 35mm DSLR on compassionate grounds, or give out medication until they do so - may I suggest Ritalin to stop the Pentax forums tantrums !
I bet some of these folks lay in bed at night, muttering incoherently to them selves: "K-S1, what on earth ......... oh K-S1, OH why, why, why ,why ! K-01, EOS-M, P'p'p'p'entax, o'o'o'oil stains, RICOH ! Noooooooooo ! etc etc."