Originally posted by Uluru I think that is what Pentax really wants, go into the new, yet its "loyal userbase" is constantly dragging them back into the 20th century. Our lenses are pointed in the wrong direction, unfortunately.
An installed user base is always your best friend and worst enemy no matter what you are selling.
It's your friend because they have purchased from you before, and particularly where there are interlocking pieces, as with SLR's you
have the customers at least partly prisoner.
Likewise an installed base is your enemy because it precludes 'clean sheet' innovation.
When technology is relatively stable installed base helps, and when the paradigm is shifting it's not so good.
Right now, I'm part of that 'loyal userbase' that is dragging them back to the 20th century. I have $10-15,000USD worth
of lenses for the K-Mount---replacement cost maybe double that.
What I want in the way of a camera body is one that works will with my lens collection---end of discussion.
Likewise the K-5 I have takes the best photos that I have ever taken in my life and they are plenty good enough for my needs.
Questions of whether there is a better mousetrap aren't really of much interest to me. Maybe the Q is the future, but not my future.
When it comes to FF, if pentax makes one, I'll probably buy one, but not because I need it or have been pounding on the table for
it. If Pentax abandons the K mount, I'll probably go buy two or 3 of the best model they made on close out and bury them in the back
yard for future use, but I"ve been using Pentax since the Spotamatic and any change at this point in my life doesn't make a lot of sense.