Originally posted by mjkelly62 Is it me but it seems as if Pentax is increasingly being neglected when it comes to news and reviews in camera magazines and online sources. For instance, the most recent Digital Camera World magazine in the UK featured a review of 70-200mm lenses for a variety of camera brands but Pentax were conspicuous by their absence from the 8 lenses reviewed. Only Nikon, Canon and Sony compatable lenses featured. Moreover, it seems that third-party lens manufacturers Tamron and Sigma no longer seem to offer Pentax compatable lenses among their range, especially when it comes to new lenses that come along.
I fear for the Pentax brand if this trend continues.
Regards
Mike
Firstly, welcome to the forums, Mike
This same discussion, in one form or another, has cropped up periodically in these forums countless times for years now. Indeed, for most of the years I've been active here, some folks have feared for Pentax's future... and yet, here we are in 2019 with Ricoh still releasing new Pentax (and Ricoh own brand) cameras and lenses to an eager and receptive user base.
The thing is, Pentax is a niche brand... far more so than the others you've mentioned. Magazines and websites tend to focus on brands with the widest user bases. Larger third party lens manufacturers are building for brands that will result in high volume sales. In their view, they're not going to get enough sales to justify producing K-mount. But you'll note that smaller lens manufacturers are in fact continuing to support K-mount.
My advice would be, don't fear for the brand. It may not be as widespread and prolific as Nikon, Canon, Sony etc., but neither is Leica, and they're doing just fine
Originally posted by ebk may be your right.
ricoh pentax is only supporting the ricoh camera's.
not the pentax dslr.
and no upgrading of the pentax dslr
With respect, that's wholly inaccurate.
Ricoh has several current Pentax DSLR models that it supports fully, and is gradually expanding the number of lenses available for them. The pace of development and number of new camera releases has reduced, but one could argue that's a smart move by Ricoh given the falling sales figures for interchangeable lens cameras year on year. That aside, Ricoh Imaging management has made clear in interviews that it will continue to produce Pentax cameras and lenses.