Originally posted by monochrome So, back to PentaxIsDoomedTM? They’re just throwing stuff against the wall?
Oh, puhleese!
Originally posted by monochrome Or are you just determined not to be optimistic?
I am determined to make the best use of what Pentax has to offer.
In order to do this, we need to be realistic about how Ricoh operate,
and realize that there is no consistent long-term plan to their operations.
Originally posted by monochrome Q failed.
Failed as a low-end consumer camera,
for which purpose the system was not intended, designed, or suited.
It succeeded brilliantly at expanding the "photographic space",
the way the Leica did when it first appeared.
Originally posted by monochrome Ricoh has financial stress.
That is not a characteristic of companies with a consistent long-term plan.
Originally posted by monochrome Imaging won’t get much capital.
But it seems like automotive will,
and that presents an opportunity for co-development
of devices like smaller stacked BSI sensors
and image processing pipelines.
Originally posted by monochrome We’re lucky to have what we have.
Amen to that!
Originally posted by monochrome The plan is sell in the niche between top-end Nikon and Leica
Top-end Nikon means D5, so your niche is $5K and up.
That would move Pentax out of the range of the vast majority of our forum members.