Originally posted by jcdoss That's because Fuji isn't pretending to come out with a full frame sensor for the past decade (among other reasons).
Originally posted by Tesla Okay the overall sales of DSLRs are declining, but within the DSLR market, FF is gaining market share over APS-C.. so does it make sense to not make a FF? Does it make sense to not have a complete lineup?
Originally posted by johnmflores What I find most interesting about this infatuation with "full frame" is that Fuji doesn't get nearly as much criticism for sticking with a "cropped" sensor as Pentax does. Fuji is a darling of the industry while Pentax is a goat, but suspect that some of that is self-inflicted. If we all just went out into the world, took great photos and shared them proudly as Pentaxicans, without the Full Frame Fever and focusing on what Pentax is versus what it isn't then maybe people might have a more respectful view of the brand.
Pentax is to blame as well, but I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of newbies that come here and are quickly told that the glass is half empty.
The truth is, I'd put my K-3 and DA/FA primes up against any Fuji any day of the week and there'd be nothing in it. But perceptions are stubborn things...
Pentax is the goat, because Pentax is the sleeping Giant, sitting on a pile of patents, sitting on years of APS-c, FF and MF know how. Pentax is the goat, because Pentax is the only serious threat to the big 2. Once Pentax releases the FF, they'll be the only full service supplier in the industry.. Everything from the Q to MF. The goal of many of these posts is simply to discredit Pentax.
Pentax is a company that if compared head to head without bias, could compete head to head with Canon or Nikon. It is a competitive must, that there be negative posts on this site, for Canon and Nikon. They don't want their customers who might be a bit disillusioned coming to this site and being able to get a clear idea of the advantages of Pentax. They need the site to be flooded with threads about how bad the mirror flap is, or to keep the SDM thing alive years after it was an issue.
Personally, I don't care if these are actual Canikon employees, or silly brand blinded dupes, who are Can , Nikon or Sony religion zealots come to spread the word. They are hear to trash the brand. They may say they love Pentax, but nothing they do in any way helps Pentax. They do their best to say other brands are better and undervalue Pentax's accomplishments. They aren't helping the brand, although they insist that's their intention, they're killing it. No one would come on this site looking for Pentax gear, and read one of their diatribes and go out and buy Pentax gear.
There are a number of people who come where on a regular basis, who need to be asked on a regular basis "How does it help? " You can help people without being negative. If some one has a shooting style that requires high quality lenses, high resolution, excellent low light performance, it's possible to say get Nikon for high res, get Canon for the fastest auto-focus without trashing Pentax. After all, I don't see a lot of users going on Nikon or Canon sites trashing Nikon or Canon for not producing excellent quality lightweight portable APS_c lenses. Yet by the standards used on this site, that should be happening all the time.
There is absolutely no positive reason to dwell on the negative....unless someone is about to jump off a cliff. And people who think anyone interested in Pentax gear is doing something equivalent to jumping off a cliff, is delusional.