Im pretty satisfied with the gear Pentax deliver (I own or owned almost all bodies since K20d), of course there is gripe here and there but I feel fortunate to have gone the Pentax way almost 10 years ago.
And I would say that Im very proud to be a Pentax Shooter, and when I meet photographers Im usually a great ambassador for the brand, trying to explain how solid and sturdy their camera are, but more importantly how better Pentax is in terms of IQ (especially with K1, but was already true with APS-C's), for a very good price overall.
One things makes me mad and sad at the same time though : the complete lack of communication from Pentax toward their user base and in all modern networks as well.
For example, there is NO YOUTUBE CHANNEL for Pentax...and that's true. yet unbelievable.
There is a RICOH Imaging YT channel but their last videos is from...A year ago
Every brand in this business have Ambassadors, and we know that Pentax has some, but I can't see any of their work on Youtube or Facebook for example.
The only dude on YT is CameraVille (which is exactly what Pentax needs even if he is biased) and as far as I know he never received any gear to test, he has to get it himself.
A guy like Tony Northtrup has 200000 views on Pentax related videos, said that the K1 was one of the best landscape camera ever and Pentax doesnt even try to send him some correct info about the K1 MK2, the Dynamic PS etc ? Pentax please !
This complete lack of Communication strategy is scarry.
They have probably the most incredible Fan base in the photography world and yet they dont even try to organise anything with their fans.
This brings frustration to a lot of Pentax users I think.
I am sure I've got the best cameras (K1 and K3), I invested thousands of € in this system, and at the same time this brand has no official communication that can just tell me what and when they gonna release some product.
Their Lens roadmap has revealed they were wayyyy out of time , they just released a new one but this time Ill take it with a grain of salt in terms of availability lol !
Please Pentax or Ricoh, we know that you're among the best camera and lens makers, now please tell your Marketing people to up their game for a tiny bit