Originally posted by ogl ONLY BIG AND STRONG companies could allow themself to make such cameras.
NOT SO WEAK AND SMALL PLAYER like Ricoh Pentax.
So small companies should go "Leica" way with much lower prices.
Except Leica is about highly priced, exclusive products. Make up your mind: you either want expensive, or cheap?
Originally posted by Clavius Because they liked Pentax for who they were ~5 years ago? And they are now locked in, unable to afford the hassle of selling all gear and buying a complete new line up?
5 years ago means summer 2008. Pentax, after being forcibly acquired by Hoya, was dissolved and become a Hoya division. Pentax' production facilities in Japan were removed; bye-bye MiJ Limiteds - Hoya was busy with cost cutting and downsizing. Pentax launched the K-20D and the K-200D, both met with little enthusiasm by the market.
So, "they" liked that Pentax?
Now, back to our subject - the K-50: assuming it's real, it means Pentax is rearranging their APS-C DLSR range. Which is most likely a good thing.
The K-30 was already a highly competitive product, maybe they found that it's unusual styling was a drawback. Improve it a little, change its outer shell and voila, you have a competitive product made better.
If their strategy makes sense or not, we'll probably found out after another DSLR or two.