Originally posted by zapp The KF is a solid camera.
Of course it is, the K-70 is a very solid camera. This is the same, so why shouldn't it be?
Originally posted by zapp Now they present a new camera and the forum complains.
Because it's not "they presented a new camera". They changed to a different SKU for a couple of components inside (probably some of the PCB's chips) and, even though the new ones don't change the camera's operation, they changed the name despite there being
no changes whatsoever to the customer. Tape the model's name, hand a K-70 and a KF to a person and they won't be able to tell the difference because the only one is...
checks notes Ah, 10% more dots on the screen.
Oh, since it's a
new product it costs 300€ more than the K-70 did a month ago.
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Originally posted by RobA_Oz To listen to some people, Ricoh is refreshing the K-70 and giving it a new name because no one will buy it. I don’t know who their target market is, because it doesn’t include me, but I’d be staggered if a big company like Ricoh wasn’t fairly certain there was a market for it. If I had to guess I’d say the market consists of people who want to use some of the great Pentax glass that’s around, but have no need to spend the money on a more advanced body.
Which probably means the K-70 was selling well up until the day it stopped being available. My issue is not even with the KF existing and being a K-70, because honestly it's still perfectly cromulent for entry-ish level, it's with them acting (and pricing it) like it's a new thing when it's a change from K-70 (2016) to K-70 (2022).