Originally posted by sindbad1 I watched both films and actually learned nothing other than that Ricoh does not bring a mirrorless Pentax onto the market. The optical viewfinder is described like something new and magical. The interviewer is emotionally exaggerating, but maybe it's just a Japanese way of responding that seems strange to me. Silver painted tubes of lenses? Either it is real metal or please leave it black.
Let's not kid ourselves, Pentax has lost many photographers to Sony and it‘s cameras are impressive. The same applies to Sony’s lenses. Pentax 4 / 300mm telephoto lens without limiter and with the terrible SDM drive should have long ago been replaced by an improved version that also has a pull-out sunshade. In my view, the current 300 mm telephoto lens is a misconstruction. I only use it because I lack an alternative.
If Pentax wants to keep up, then a new APS-C flagship must have a tiltable touchscreen, offer focus stacking, have a much improved autofocus, needs hand held pixel shift with recognition of moving objects and also improved image quality. 4 K Video with at least 60 f/s? Yes! The hint that results are better at low ISO results is all well and good. But in nature and sports photography, in addition to long focal lengths, very short exposure times are required. This requires high ISO values.
A few days ago I photographed the comet Neowise with the Pentax K3-II. I used the Astrotracer to avoid star trails, which is a brillant function. I do not want to do without it in a new model. For this, the GPS module must be on board and not depending on an additional device. The foldable display is missing on the K3-II. Not having it on a successor would be a real stop signal for buyers.
The two videos are particularly striking due to the lack ofinformation. An enthusiasm is shown that cannot really be understood.
Few observations:
- the films were IMO nice, particularly the President's commitment to Pentax DSLRs. Also, a FF-sized APS-C viewfinder? Hope they'd do that trick on the next K-1, too.
- unpainted metal might not be a good idea. Brushed aluminum works because aluminum builds a thin layer of oxide... but generally, we started to paint metal for a reason.
- I can't speak for others, but I'm not kidding myself.
- it doesn't have a tiltable touchscreen. It won't matter as much as some thinks.
- It's not a Sony, and that's great!
- have you seen the KP? Pentax already have "high ISO values"
- the enthusiasm is well placed