Originally posted by superdave It can't be priced like the k-1, lack of K-1 tilt screen already mean that K-3III is not intended to be as impressive as K-1. That was THE feature I most expected for K-3II successor. The more they release information, the more I think it will just be an up to date K-3II with not killing new features. Prism? Every new model have a new prism, this is just the first time they talk about it because they haven't much image quality improvement to talk about...
Nothing of the above make any sense.
- you might want a tilt screen (why didn't you get the KP, then?), but that's not THE feature to differentiate this camera from the K-3 II
- much better autofocus and general performance, now that would be it. Not a lousy tilt screen!
- the K-1 is not impressive because of the articulated screen. It also serves a very different role than an APS-C flagship, effectively sacrificing speed for image quality.
- the K-new should be a completely new camera, with advancements in pretty much every area.
- no, they don't make a new prism for every new model, and this one, a high refraction glass prism allowing for a larger image while increasing the brightness, was never included in any camera.
- Ricoh was talking about improved image quality, and that was compared to the K-70 and KP - themselves much improved over the K-3 II.