Originally posted by nomadkng I disagree with your logic. Many who can and want a d810 stayed because of their investment in K-mount glass. There is a lot of F*/FA* legacy glass floating around plus 3rd party FF high end glass in the hands of Pentax users. I'm not the only one with nearly 10k in K-mount FF glass that I'm using on the K3. I really wanted a d800 because I was fed up with my K5iis failing me in critical AF situations, but I held out based on the promise of the K3 and I'm rather pleased with my K3. BUT I still want a d810 for my extreme situations. I just have so much invested in K-mount glass, I don't want to part with it/I really can't avoid the all-in investment of a system switch. Well I can't go much longer without a FF body, so it really is a choice of Pentax FF meeting my needs or I do have to switch. I know I'm not alone, in fact I believe I'm the standard for those who are looking forward to the FF release. So my argument is- if there's a FF that really isn't any different than a K3 except for it being FF, there is no market. It's like paying 1900 for a new paint job on your car. It's really still the same car.
Well.. somebody did a poll here about the budget.. and most of the people said as today the results are:
43.07% said that will spend $1000 to $2000 ( just the body )
22.28% said $2000 to $3000 ( body and maybe a lens )
7.92% $3000 to $4000 ( body and lens )
3.47% $4000 + ( system )
( i didnt wrote the ones that are almost impossble like lower than $1000 )
So as you can see.. from this 5% ( pentax market ) only 3.5% are willing to invest more than $4000.. that means that with a body of $3000 the rest will be for lenses. so NO.. there is no market for this kind of body because most pentaxians are not willing to invest that much money in a body. Ofcourse we cant take that poll as writen in stone or something official, but is a parameter that we can check so see how the average market could react. Do you guys think that Ricoh will release a body for a 3.5% out of the 4.5% ( dslr market ) that they have??? it just doesnt make any sense. They will do it for the average pentax user that havent switch and will love to shoot with FF sensor, and that market will spend something an average of $2000 / $2500.
Many people here said that they will be more than happy with a K3 with a FF sensor and some improvements ( faster AF, new image processor, etc ) .. and that's a fact. Legacy glass is ok, but i dont think that Ricoh will love to have people only shooting legacy, they need to sell the new lenses to make money and besides, we dont know how the legacy will behave with the new body.
I can understand your point, but you are part of this tiny 3.5% out of the 5% of Pentax market.. waaaaaayyy to small to only think about this market.
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Originally posted by nomadkng
A final thought, if the FF market is for lower end DSLR why is Pentax marketing a $2900 DFA* 70-200? That's a premium/flagship capable lens. The 2 new FF lenses tell you, you are looking at near flagship specs for this FF.
we can not assume that. Body is one thing, lenses are another thing.. Each 18/24 months there is a new version of a body, not the same with lenses.. lenses last a looooong time.. look at your situation.. how many bodys have you owned? and how many times did you buy the same lens?? ..