Originally posted by JPT If Pentax produces a FF mirrorless camera, it is true that they will have to start from scratch, but so will any prospective competitors (likely to be Sony at first). If you are in last place, you have little to lose from restarting the race. Just like APS-C mirrorless has allowed Fuji back into the game, FF mirrorless could do the same for Pentax.
Sony would still have the advantage of using the same NEX mount, thus sharing lenses with the larger APS-C NEX userbase. That's significant, as it makes launching new lenses easier.
Originally posted by JPT If they make a FF DSLR, they will have to start almost from scratch - not many of their existing lenses would meet modern expectations. On the other hand, their competitors have had a huge head start on in terms of lenses, technology and user base. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I can't see what Pentax could add to a FF DSLR to lure customers away from the other brands. I don't think the body colours will work here! And if they have any intention to increase their market share, they have to attract people away from other systems.
Sorry, but there is a big difference between starting from scratch and starting "
almost from scratch", which actually means having several FF lenses already, plus the 3rd-party ones, and an APS-C user base which would buy FF lenses just because they would work well on their cameras, and users which would see the new FF system as a natural migration path.
Originally posted by JPT I think recent developments in PDAF on the sensor make it likely that DSLRs will be in decline within a few years. Once mirrorless cameras outperform DSLRs in terms of AF performance, I think it is the beginning of the end for the mirror. So to start developing a system based on that technology seems a real mistake to me.
Even if true (we'll see that), it will take time for it to happen. Of course, Pentax should adapt to the market conditions, but now the DSLR market is 5 times larger and it's no sign MILCs are closing the gap.
By the way, gains made with the K-mount in the immediate future would only help making a MILC system possible.
Originally posted by mecrox That is offensive and you are going on the ignore list. I've had enough of this constant fanboy bullying from you.
Calling people "fanboys" is indeed much easier than to explain for example why FF+SR would work for Sony, but not for Pentax; or what part of the "we will keep using the Pentax brand" means "FF is a goody reserved for Ricoh-branded cameras". Or accept they're baseless.
Originally posted by Aristophanes Sony already started from scratch with the RX-1.
Not the same, that's not a system camera; but, the R&D with it is useful.