Ash, Pentax managed to stay in business while being fund starved, their staff decimated, and being prepared to be sold. All the momentum they barely gained with the K10's launch was lost, once Hoya had their way (OTOH this year they managed to do quite well). We should not overlook the context, because it shows there is still much potential in the K-mount, once they start
trying.
So we have both a good potential, and a market 4 times as large as the MILC one, and still growing. Should they really give up on that?
Pentax Ricoh's statement about doubling the sales were based on their current systems, by the way.
Clavius, about that "It's Pentax's own userbase that's preventing them from going forward."; why can't they move forward with the K-mount? Well, obviously they can and (maybe not obviously in this moment) they will.
lytrytyr, the D800 AF problem seems to be an overblown calibration issue.
Last edited by Kunzite; 12-31-2012 at 02:53 AM.