Originally posted by Bophoto I read here at Pentaxforums for ~ one year ago that DA* has new SDM motors.
The indication is that the cartons are in silver instead of black.
I bought DA200 and DA300 at spring 17, DA200 has black carton and DA300 silver.
Although the overall quality curve is flattening out, that is any newer digital camera can produce outstanding images, but we all want the option of new gear.
Photography marketing gets you hooked on brand because of the investment in lenses and accessories. This makes it hard to change platforms .
After all the company that gave us Takumar lenses , Instant return mirror , the Spotmatic and pioneered IBIS was a hard act to follow...…..but they no longer lead, In fact I am not sure they are still in the game.
Bophoto was right , they don't seem to be interested in staying competitive.
As I mentioned in earlier post, the weight of the gear was the main reason I replaced most of my Pentax gear with a mirrorless system . But I would have been tempted to remain had they come out with the K3 replacement.
A year into my mirrorless system, with its 24mpx sensor, I find it to be a far superior camera to the K3 in many ways . And the lenses and motors focus fast and actually worked.
I use to work on Ricoh copiers, which are very competitive in that industry. However, Ricoh's involvement in photography has never been competitive, so what makes you think they they intend to change?
Just saying.