Originally posted by Dericali Pity that they didn't make that more clear in e.g. the K-1 marketing material. Maybe that should be the new slogan for the brand - "Pentax - for people who photograph stuff that isn't moving".
Kind of makes Pentax seems overpriced then if they're really only designed to work satisfactorily in such a limited range of all photography applications.
Oh come on, they did, they called it a "Field Camera" right from day one.
Should Canon say in their 1DX marketing material "it's not that great a landscape camera" Should Nikon say the D850 "is not that great an action camera". Learn to read and interpret market speak. No one pays to publish a bunch of negatives, no matter how true, in their marketing material, unless the government passes legislation forcing them too.
What camera isn't limited in some way? Where is this perfect camera that doesn't need a disclaimer according to that logic?
Personally I'm really happy to have a better than D810 for landscape camera for a fraction the cost. I didn't have to pay for what I don't need. You sound like you're upset that you got what you paid for. I paid for a K-3 with twice the sensor size at less than twice the cost. That's what I wanted, that's what i got. To me it's a bargain.
It is however disappointing that others thought they were getting something else. I'm definitely not convinced that's Pentax's fault, or that there is something they should have done better.
There's little more irritating than people imposing saying Pentax should do things no one else in the marketing world does.
I can see the Canon 1DX ad, "pay thousands of dollars more than you need to for AF speed and throughput, you are unlikey ever to have the skill or need to take full advantage of."
Or maybe a Sony A9 add.."You won't get better keepers than you would with a 15 FPS camera, but you'll love deleting an extra 7 frames per second from your hard drive.for every second you shoot."
It would be like medications, all harmful side effects of their unique implementation of a "camera" should be listed on the label.
"Warning, all high FPS fast AF cameras suffer from limited MP values to increase image throughput speed. Use only if maximum IQ is not required."
We'll just have to agree to differ.
This whole "My mistake is Pentax's fault" thing gets really annoying. Own up to your mistakes, quit blaming Pentax.