Originally posted by mannyquinto OMG, with the longest lockdown record in SEA, I hope that it is not just the only reason for the delay. I believe Fuji has also been producing products in the Philippines and yet we do not hear any news of delays.
No wonder they could not release any pricing yet on the K3iii. I became a Pentaxian because of the these two factors that I evaluated when I was picking my 1st DSLR about more than a decade ago: colors and price. Of the two, if Ricoh is going for higher prices for future body releases then I guess they may loose more of their enthusiast market since a part of their existing customers were lured to their fold because of the bang-for-buck when you get into a Pentax gear.
The enthusiast market isn't moving past cell phones anyway.
The reason Pentax is no longer a stand alone company is because they marketed to people who bought based on price.
Ricoh isn't going to repeat the mistakes that brought you to Pentax in the first place.