Originally posted by aragondina It amazes me that some people are such retarded zealots that all they know is to attack when someone questions their beliefs. At the price it's at the k5 is the loser, it is not a more upscale camera, along the line of the 7d, but it's in line with the d7000, but it shouldn't be priced $400 more than the Nikon. Since you are in Europe you are used to paying higher prices so you probably don't care, but some of us do. If it were around a 5% difference it would be ok, but 18% is a lot of premium for blind brand loyalty.
Did you not notice that I praised the IQ of the K5 and said I was willing to shell out my hard earned money for it? I would if the price were in line with it's competitors offerings. It's not in the same league as the 7d, so it shouldn't be priced like it, that's all. If Hoya had priced this the same at the K7 ($1300) when it launched they would have pre-sold a ton. Now except for the zealots and people with too much money, it will sit on the shelf till the price drops in 6 months to a year. In the mean time tens of thousands of D7000's will be sold. Hoya's loss is Nikons gain. Only a moron would pay more to get less.
It's hard to get people to buy into a system that isn't Canon or Nikon, and being more expensive doesn't help that. Being a blind fanboy doesn't help the image of Pentax either.
the problem is the dollar is worth nothing at the moment...so ask obaa to stop pushing the usa economy with weak dolar and begin buying some dollar in the market....that's the popint...
in europe somebody , an italian in a france shop, has bought the pentax k5 at 989 euro plus rebate of 100 euro....in italy many web shop already sell it at 1080 euro in line with d7000 and lower than 7d...the 7d costed 1700 euro when come out, now it's an old camera and clearly is priced lower but u cannot compare the prices of a camera out from an year than a camera that is coming out right now...probably at christmas price will 1300 1200 dollar...if pentax put the camera in usa at 1200 dollar do u know how much would be in euro? 850 euro...so who will buy the camera in europe?
in addition u are praising the 7d a lot..ok
canon mark 2d is still selling at high price near it's beginning price
nikon d700 is always there at 2100 1900 euro
canon 7d has come from 1750 euro to 1300 1200 euro...
maybe your ubermensche camera is nto so perfect if it has lost more than a third of its price in a year or less