Originally posted by taktoon If I would plan to own only one body than fixed screen would be a no go for me. But cameras like any other tools are made for different tasks, there will never be one that is the best in everything.
No fixed screen on the K-new, an day K-3 still working great, might mean I wait and see if the K-new !! has a flip screen. Same with GPS. I actually avoid taking my K-3 for macros and take my K-1. If the K-new has no flip screen it will be in the same boat. I'd really like an APS-c body that takes advantage of the APS_c pixel density advantage for macros.
Everyone is talking about action cameras like the D500, I think you're really optimistic if you think Pentax is going to introduce all the upgrades needed to achieve that. Fast AF, faster buffer clearing, dedicated AF unit etc. I'm not expecting the K-new to be a top tier action camera.
So in essence, taking away the tilt screen doesn't make it more like an action camera, it just makes it less like a field camera. I'd love it if Pentax could approach Nikon/Canon type specs for tracking, but I don't think that's a field Pentax wants to compete in. They want to be incrementally better than they are, not shooting for best in class. I'll be shocked if they do. And disappointed as well. I need good tracking on average maybe once year. I'm not buying a camera for that. I costs me nothing to just pass on those images. As far as I can remember, the last time I used tracking
It worked perfectly. But that was June 9, 2016
Other images
All shot with AF.s. But, those are my bird in the air shots from 8 years shooting. Unless you consciously go to places where tracking is necessary for the images you want, it's a pretty niche function. I see images of bike races etc. but, they don't have those in Whitney. I'm not terribly interested in functions I'm not going use. And this notion that Pentax can just pull Sony, Canikon tracking AF out of a hat is somewhat speculative. They can try. Whether it will stack up with the competitions is an unknown.
An improved version of what you do well is better than a poor version of what you're never done.
Opinions of what the K-new will be will best be addressed when the camera is released. As a small manufacturer with not many product lines, they have a lot of different ways they could go. Everyone wants something different. They won't be pleasing everyone. Better to please the ones who are already happy with their current direction, rather than add a lot of cost to a camera for functions only used by niche shooters. At this point Pentax could put out the best tracking system ever invented and not bring in a single new customer. Their lack of fast focusing long lenses would seriously come back to bite them. People who need fast tracking have it (from other brands.) . Even if Pentax were to completely catch up, what would be the incentive to switch? Pentax would have to kick their buts plus come up with new long fast glass in a hurry. Fast AF is a system function. The body is just one of the parts.
Smart people who don't need fast accurate tracking have Pentaxes. It's almost part of the definition of Pentax users.