Originally posted by Kunzite Aaand... I said so since the KP was announced
Not a D500 camera, but something higher up than the K-3 II - there's a lot of room between the two.
But let's properly quote Asahiman:
"That's the correct direction, but
I don't think that APS-C pro body is the next target for Pentax.
More a better K-P than a new high end like D500."
He's expressing an opinion, not giving us an accurate outlook on the Pentax camera roadmap.
True, eventually the only reality, is the cameras launched and in our hands.
I will however myself no longer concede to wishful thinking, but to the most logical picture. Don't you realize the amount of wishful thinking that underlies your vision of the APS-C flagship, whilst no concrete evidence, nor reason to assume that a higher class flagship will actually materialize, has been surfacing in the past years (and please spare me the "are researching" snippets from Ricoh interviews)?
You, or I or anyone, might just as well be convinced that there is room for a D850/A7RIII like high end FF camera, but does that make it real or in any way probable?
My reason for believing, that a K3, and lately a Kp like level flagship will be where it is at, is that the KP is pretty much an APSC counterpart of the K1 FF camera. They will absolutely improve on it, just like they will approve on the K1, but there is no evidence, no real supporting rumors, nothing concrete to assume that a higher end APS-C camera (substantially higher than the KP) is anywhere on the horizon. An improved KP or KPmkII is much more likely, just as the K1mkII is much more likely (and soon real) than a significantly higher placed FF camera. Perhaps they will increase frame rate, buffer, re-introduce a top lcd sreen.
As I said, the total lack of such a "high end" APS-C flagship at CP+, the total lack of any credible info or rumors on such a camera, have made me realize that it is in fact a unicorn, a product of much wishful thinking, and I am not saying that it will defintely never appear, but it is just as likely, or unlikely, to appear as is a FF KSuper D850 level camera.
I simply prefer to stick to reality in future, and the KP is the APS-C flagship reality in my view. I bought it, and will also buy its successor in due time, until I have the funds to upgrade to Nikon/Sigma, or will possibly get Nikon/Nikon zoom as a second wildlife system next to Pentax.
Chris