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06-01-2013, 04:54 PM   #1891
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QuoteOriginally posted by Aristophanes Quote
They may not want more market share. They may simply want profitability. Those can be mutually exclusive.
Sure, but they've publically stated that they wanted more market share. I also had the chance to speak with Jim Malcolm yesterday and one of his 'good' bullet points that he shared was that they ARE getting more market share.

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Sure, but they've publically stated that they wanted more market share. I also had the chance to speak with Jim Malcolm yesterday and one of his 'good' bullet points that he shared was that they ARE getting more market share.
So far, with zero marketing, the have some market share.

Well, if they add just a little effort in marketing, they may even double the market share.

Even smaller marketing effort is needed for Pentax to go from 3% of market share to 6% (or increase market share by mind-blowing 100%) than it is to Nikon to keep the same market share %-number.

Once you become big, majority of effort an energy is spent just to keeping itself in place.

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QuoteOriginally posted by ElJamoquio Quote
I've used a K-5 and a K-30. I haven't used the K-5II. The K-5IIs makes sense for a certain group, but that doesn't make it a new model to me, either.

I agree - Pentax shouldn't artificially cripple their low end cameras, by, say, reducing their shutter speed, etc.


FYI, amazon sales rank:

42) K-30
54) K-5IIs
59) K-30
61) K-30
63) K-30
81) K-5II
84) K-x
90) K-30
91) K-5II

The K-5II (not-s) is selling but it's not close to the K-30, especially when you consider that some of the less-popular color schemes of the K-30 are likely slightly outside of the top 100. For some people it's worth the extra $200-300... but according to the sales data it's a minority of people.
I think that lower priced items sell better. I doubt the K5, for all its good points, sold a quarter as many cameras as, say, the kx. I bet Nikon sells ten times as many D3200s as they do D7100. There are just a lot more people ready to drop 500-ish on a camera than a thousand-ish, even if you get more features.

As to the comparison, I believe the autofocus module is the same for K5 and K30, but the K5 II has some improvements over either. For what that is worth.

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Now, I agree. Except it is the other way round. Legacy is king in the US, read 135 terms.

But with a plethora of sensor sizes nobody is able to keep track with (mobile phones, premium mobile phone, compact, enthusiast compact, pureview, CX, FourThirds, APSC, 135, cropped medium format, true medium format, ...) photographers would really really benefit tremendeously if cameras were labelled in SOME equivalent way (I don't care if it is 135mm or 1" or whatever). Labelling in an equivalent way means relabelling focal length, F-stop and ISO.
Interestingly Thom Hogan at sans mirror doesn't compare FL's to 135 equivalents. He simply states a lens in a broader category (e.g. moderate wide angle, probably drawing on the 40-50ish "normal") and instead uses horizontal coverage in degrees.

Fujifilm 18mm f/2 Lens Review | Sans Mirror ? mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras | Thom Hogan

Simply stating the degrees in angle of coverage without referring to the 135 equivalence is.... geometry.

There are standards if you ignore the history.

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I keep saying this for years, but I disagree on time scale.

For one thing, it doesn't make sense to assume lenses to bring their own sensor covering their respective image circle. And at the same time, to ignore the fact that each optical quality has its own sweet spot for sensor size, including full frame and beyond and below.

I would assume that such sweet spot is around the lens' entrance pupil diameter, or maybe half of it, as image circle diamater.

Actually, such a lens would scream for a "retina sensor" with very high resolution in the center (suitable for cropping and exploiting the lens' center resoving power) and lower resolution towards the outer limits of the lens image circle (which can become *very* large for long lenses, but with lower lens resolution). Much like what our eye does.

And for another thing, it assumes sensor cost to be marginalized. Which will happen but hasn't happened yet and won't happen over the next 10 years either. The GXR is too early.
Yes, I can see a sensor that is curved and attached to the rear element of the lens and which, in fact, is actually part of the lens. A *insect* style composite lens/sensor combo would be ideal where each pixel has it's own lens. Someone laughed at that suggestion a year or so ago on these forums citing that 'nature had moved on' from composite eyes and yet only a few weeks ago scientists have released info about this very same technology and raved about its FOV and DOF. At the time, I didn't have any trouble pointing out that trillions of insects would beg to differ if they gave a composhit.
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What wouldyou feel if another K-5 came out? Alongside with a K-3? :-) :-)
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QuoteOriginally posted by ElJamoquio Quote
I am the sole arbiter of what I think is a different model. I don't know why you've been trying to convince me otherwise, but you haven't succeeded.

I am a big fan of Pentax and hope that they become everything they want to become. They might be on track to that right now - in fact, overall, I think they are - but releasing the K-5XXI won't help them gain market share, IMO.
Indeed, you can chose to believe pigs fly (they're pretty similar to birds, right?)
I disagree with what you say because it can fuel the ever-present anti-Pentax negativity too often seen on Pentax forums; and it's factually incorrect. Otherwise I couldn't care less about your counting. I'm afraid though you'll eventually start hating Pentax when, after several new models being launched, you'll still be stuck counting one.

The K-5 II is a stop gap product, which it won't be repeated. No more 16MP + Prime II, as they're no longer adequate for a flagship product.
OTOH, the K-30 is a very competitive product even though it will eventually be replaced with a higher resolution model. By the way, it's not a firmware-restricted K-5, it has different - less expensive - hardware.


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What wouldyou feel if another K-5 came out? Alongside with a K-3? :-) :-)
Actually I would love a K5 iii, let us say with better AF (promised),better flash system, tethering, the option to force the use of the screwdrive (really an investment for the future) - and whatever goodies they are ready to put in. For me it makes sense to reserve the K3 name for a model with a different target, not just a newer version of the same class of camera (like K10, K20, K7, K5 - different cameras but same target). I like the naming style of the higher end Canons (version numbers added to the model). Even the sensor can change for the same basic model, as long as the concept/target is rather similar. The VW beetle changed even the engine (I believe), but it was always a Beetle. Thereafter VW has followed the same strategy with the Golf; the first version was somewhat faulty, but it is now a top selling car here, and remarkably good. Making a good product, continue to refine it, fixing the weak points, and always keeping it at the top of the segment, may be a way to create legends.
And then I would want a K3 (APS-C) - if it is possible for Pentax to come out with a higher-class camera. If it is light, tough, with a built-in GPS, it is made for me. A "K1" full frame is more of a luxury item (I salivate for it, but I know I shall not be using it enough to justify buying it - although I shall look for excuses).
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Someone laughed at that suggestion a year or so ago on these forums citing that 'nature had moved on'.
Maybe at the time, you should have tried to understand WHY nature has moved on. Composite eyes (much like plenoptics) severely suffer from diffraction or put in a more fundamental, quantum mechanical way, the Heisenberg principle prevents them from resolving well. Not all scientists understand quantum mechanics though ...
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QuoteOriginally posted by Aristophanes Quote
Interestingly Thom Hogan [...] instead uses horizontal coverage in degrees.
By pure coincidence, a fellow photographer and blogger who writes for Luminous Landscape and others just sent me a notice that now both DPReview and photozone specify lenses by their 35mm-equivalent properties, both focal and fstop. This whole discussion may soon be history.
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By pure coincidence, a fellow photographer and blogger who writes for Luminous Landscape and others just sent me a notice that now both DPReview and photozone specify lenses by their 35mm-equivalent properties, both focal and fstop. This whole discussion may soon be history.
What about the sensitivities of the sensors (ISO)? If the focal length and aperture are "translated" to the equivalent values for 35 mm, it would make sense to do the same with the sensitivity. The ISO number specifies the sensitivity per unit area, and that makes direct comparisons between different sensor sizes impossible without correcting for the size. Dividing the ISO value with the sensor area and then multiplying by the area of a 35-mm sensor would give a "35-mm equivalent ISO". This could also be called the (total) sensitivity of the sensor instead of speaking in terms of equivalency (and in that case, maybe it would be more suitable with an SI unit, but that is just a matter of a simple conversion factor). Doing this simple calculation, one finds, for example, that ISO 200 in a 35-mm camera is equivalent to ISO 100 in an APS-C camera. At those settings, both sensors yield the same signal given the same amount of light (number of photons), but since those photons are spread over twice the area in the 35-mm sensor, the ISO needs to be twice as high, since it is defined per unit area of the sensor.

Edit: the question I meant to ask was if you heard anything from your friend about the sensitivity -- are there any plans on introducing a measure of the sensor's total sensitivity as opposed to its sensitivity per unit area?

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I also had the chance to speak with Jim Malcolm yesterday and one of his 'good' bullet points that he shared was that they ARE getting more market share.
Was this discussion part of a "second round" of conversations in the "Pentaxians, let's chat" initiative?

It would be great to hear more about what you were discussing with Jim. Maybe you could add to the respective thread?
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QuoteOriginally posted by falconeye Quote
Maybe at the time, you should have tried to understand WHY nature has moved on. Composite eyes (much like plenoptics) severely suffer from diffraction or put in a more fundamental, quantum mechanical way, the Heisenberg principle prevents them from resolving well. Not all scientists understand quantum mechanics though ...
But nature has not moved on as there are trillions of insects that live on this planet quite successfully. Projecting your values onto the world isn't an answer, or even a perception, it's a psychological disease.

PS. Nobody understands quantum mechanics as it's just a model for describing a limited range perceived behaviours. Perhaps you can explain exactly the mechanics of Gravity, Magnetism and Quantum Entanglement at their most fundamental levels, or elevate our understanding of Matter and Space without resorting to BS like String Theory while you're at it.

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Was this discussion part of a "second round" of conversations in the "Pentaxians, let's chat" initiative?

It would be great to hear more about what you were discussing with Jim. Maybe you could add to the respective thread?
Maybe they all are under the NDA now.
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By pure coincidence, a fellow photographer and blogger who writes for Luminous Landscape and others just sent me a notice that now both DPReview and photozone specify lenses by their 35mm-equivalent properties, both focal and fstop. This whole discussion may soon be history.
Photography as a craft is doomed, replaced by pseudo-science - because people who should know better are helping with this nonsense.
But so far, these sites only mention the BS focal and BS aperture, fortunately the lenses being appropriately named.
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