Originally posted by luftfluss I think it's mostly the K-3/K-3 II crowd who are looking for a new camera. Pentax has made advancements in their cameras and APS-C "flagship" shooters (like me) want them.
Sure, but the thread title implies that it's a problem if Ricoh doesn't release a new camera in general. It's not quite the same as not releasing a specific kind of product needed by a fraction of K mount users.
Our "old" ILC thinking is formatted by decades of lens mount compatibility hoping to "invest" long term in lenses, while upgrading camera bodies more frequently. If Pentax doesn't give me a new camera body in case my K3 fails, I can "switch" to Nikon (D500+F mount lenses), but Nikon doesn't guarantee me that they are going to continue to make F mount camera bodies after the D500. So, I'm trapped, no camera maker guarantees me that they are going to continue making new cameras that will work with the lenses I own, and no camera company ever guaranteed anything about lens mount longevity. As the camera market shrinks and new mirrorless mounts are introduced, there is a lot of uncertainty in the longevity of lens mounts. For myself , I now have to consider the cost of a camera and a set of lenses as the total cost for getting a new camera model => I concluded that I would never buy more than three lenses for a specific ILC mount. The era we could build a system slowly over the years is over.
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Old thinking frequently seen in this site:
- I expect to use my lenses for 20 years, but I want all the recent technological improvements from the new camera bodies
- I expect to see bricks&mortar shops selling camera gear of my favorite brand for trying, but I purchase online
In 2019, old thinking is over. You have to buy camera and lenses the same day, because you don't know if the brand is still going to be making cameras and lenses tomorrow.
Last edited by biz-engineer; 09-18-2019 at 08:35 AM.