Originally posted by BigMackCam You're not being a weirdo. Overly optimistic and hopeful, perhaps
Given the very limited market of the Q-series outside of Japan (and however much I might personally like the Q7) I just don't think a higher-resolution Q is on the cards. We haven't even seen the macro lens that was previously rumoured, so I very much doubt a new Q is coming.
The company has far greater profit potential from the FF and APS-C lines. The GR line, too, has been much more widely accepted than the Q ever was, hence its continuation.
I applaud your dream, but I'm afraid I think your hopes are in vain
the logical profit maximization would be a similar launch path to the one i’ve outlined above, no?
consumer/enthusiast (griii/q__compact)—>pro-sumer/enthusiast (k__aps-c)—>budget conscious professional (full frame mirrorless)
when the aps-c camera comes we would all buy it, or we will have at least all bought the new toy amidst their compact offerings by then...
optimism notwithstanding, if i was in charge in asahi, the last $30M in the bank would go to development of the pentax k1000 anniversary edition full frame mirrorless camera. it encourages affordable recycling (which would spin well in 2018)—i think the full frame mirrorless manufacturers have ignored the budget-minded consumer on the lens front. pentax used to be the affordable option with IQ—they still list their legacy lenses as officially supported.
if pentax ignores full frame mirrorless development they are sunk. it’s pretty simple—it has to say pentax on the front, preferably it should look like the old stuff instead of trying to find itself on the cover of ‘azure’ magazine; oh and it better have 10bit internal 24p video on a BSI sensor. if the engineers can manage do that very simple, very 2018 in 2019 stuff, the fuji users on this forum will be trying desperately to forget the year they lost their minds and bought into the fuji line...
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Originally posted by c.a.m drat! hopes dashed once again.
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Originally posted by clackers I even think I can hear Katy Perry's 'Roar' in the background, PR!
the heels are probably almost back in style, but today they’d be rocking a purple huawei mate 20 instead of a q7...