Originally posted by stevebrot Ricoh is soooo fortunate to have such astute and capable market/business analysts as are active here on Pentax Forums.
Pentax is dooooommmmeddd!!!
Steve
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The same is true for Nikon F, Canon EF, and all other mounts that were originally designed for 35mm film SLR cameras. The mirror box defines the minimum depth of the body.
Steve
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For the same reason why the iPhone is not water resistant...
Thing about it.
Steve
Okay, enough with taking things out of context. I don't want a new mount, I never said I wanted a slender camera - just a lighter or sealed one. C'mon people, it's not that hard to imagine a K-S1 with either attribute being much more competitive right at launch.
Also, I said it's suicide in the long run. I don't care for Pentax is doomed, but do you really think that things are fantastic right now in Pentax's lineup? That everything is close to being as good as it could be? I don't claim to be an enlightened master of market analysis, but even I realize that the product WILL NOT sell to the target audience because it lacks basic features among that crowd, like internal WiFi (seriously, it needs Instagram and Facebook integration), a touchscreen, and WR (that Ricoh actually decides to fully honor and support).
Oh, and BTW - the iPhone isn't, but you can shower with the new Samsung Galaxy. One is "your parent's boring phone" and the other is trendy. Guess which one is which?