Originally posted by Clavius Ugh... Begging.
Nature and the market are both without any mercy whatsoever.
They sometimes are, unfortunately, and in case of Pentax and Ricoh, they don't play in their favour either.
A double bummer. All steps done since Fotokina 2012, those we have witnessed, and since the rehash of the K-5 into K-5II, rehash of the K-30 into K-50 and K-500, using third party supplier to deliver components for MX-1, rehash of the DA Limiteds etc., show very careful, baby-like steps, taken with an absolute minimum of new investment.
Trouble is, if they want to capture attention, they need to be themselves, and original. Which, so far, is shown only in the example of the GR, which was most likely started 2 years ago and had to be done in time.
I'm at least glad that the Q line was most active in the meantime and Q line fits well in the economies and troubles of current moments.