Originally posted by sbc Is there a system to Pentax naming convention?
. Other than the starting letter K, what follows are random numbers or letters. This is essentially a K-70II.
Yep.
It does show that in the transformation all camera companies are attempting to become high end niche brands, the lower end hasn't been ignored completely.
It absolutely would've been an option for Ricoh, as it's been for Canon, Nikon and Sony, to not come up with successors to end of production entry level camera bodies, to bury the K-70.
It's not about whether entry level bodies are needed by anyone, it's the amount of profit that can be made on them to offset all the other costs a camera division bears. By keeping the hardware the same, there is no additional cost, the development was paid for years ago.
We have seen the Limiteds replaced by HD versions for similar reasons. They did not get AF motors or weather sealing, that would've required new engineering. The update for the 100mm macro did get a new ED element, but otherwise remained much the same - no AF motor, no focus limiter.
Last edited by clackers; 11-09-2022 at 08:24 PM.