Originally posted by brewmaster15 Pentax is just their scapegoat. If they focus on perceived or fabricated shortcomings of pentax they can redirect focus away from the big players shortcomings and issues. Its an age old trick used by bullies and control freaks.
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There are no bad cameras these days. Some are leaning one direction, others another, but there's nothing bad out there. You can take great photos with all of them.
Now if a reviewer sees video as sort of important, Pentax is just going to do terrible for him (and rightfully so). Someone with a strong video focus will probably love the Sigma fp, if your focus is on stills, that lack of mechanical shutter (wtf?) is going to kill it. Then a Pentax is going to do much better. IMHO dpreview wants to recommend allrounders, which seems reasonable if you don't know who you are recommending cameras for. And Pentax sadly doesn't do that anymore. Now, why that D750, which isn't particularly good for video either was picked, who knows. At least it is cheaper...?
Also, Pentax can be faulted for not bringing that much new to the table. They make very solid stills cameras, but few shots can be gotten with a Pentax that you can't get with pretty much any competitor. But those can offer significantly better video. That makes Pentax easy to pick on AND hard to recommend, because you need to be sure that needs are not going to change. Heck, even ergonomics, a Pentax strong point, has been dodgy for a few of their models, while I am in love with Panasonics high end MFT offerings which are at least as good and intuitive in terms of ergonomics.
Btw., that K-5 review also helped me purchase the K-5, although I was already shooting a Pentax DSLR before that (again, influenced by reviews).