Originally posted by taks Yes. Mr. Wakashiro did say he wanted to break the conventional notion that 'APS-C is an inferior product compared to FF' with this camera( what ever that means) around 12:25 in the video. I think he is also telling us that the Knew will be priced above K1II.
I'm thinking it goes in the vein of "We have managed to obtain IQ that is almost as good as FF cameras of similar resolution while being faster in a smaller camera that takes smaller lenses".
About the price it will probably be around that of the K-1ii. Pentax might have changed their lineup plans to have both sensor sizes next to each other rather than the previous "FF is unequivocally higher tier than APS-C". This way they are both premium products with very distinct capabilities: APS-C for speed, FF for ultimate field camera. The implication, of course, is that the next FF camera they release will be a resolution monster with either the 45MP D850 sensor or the 42MP A7Riii chip, I guess. There's the 61MP A7R4 chip but it isn't much better in terms of IQ and it would make the camera shoot up in price.
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Originally posted by Spodeworld You mean when more and more surprisingly affordable full frame sensor cams are coming out, Pentax is going to price an APS-C cam higher? Hard to imagine that that's a good strategy to increase market share.
If the K-New has IQ (almost) indistinguishable from the, say D780, while having distinct advantages such as the lenses being smaller and lighter, it would make sense to price accordingly.
There's the question of whether they manage that, of course, particularly at higher ISOs (the KP even with the accelerator doing a very good job starts to fall behind a bit at 1600+ to the 24/36/42 MP FF sensors), but the Ricoh Imaging people seem confident it will be
very good and they have delivered excellent products consistently, so let's see.
The sensor size is one of the components and shouldn't automatically determine the "tier" of the cameras IMO. A decade ago it made a lot of sense to focus on the bigger sensors for "pro" stuff because the differences between formats were much more noticeable but things have been getting more blurred lately.
And hey, I have no dog here. I'm very happy with my K-1 and its features and have no plans to spend any money on an APS-C camera so the price is a non-factor for me. I
am concerned with review sites and a bunch of vocal people complaining about the sensor size because it might hurt sales, but as long as the K-New sells I'm happy.