Originally posted by Barry Pearson Your spec in the first post said "the 36mp Sony sensor with improved DR, noise, and ISO range, selectable AA filter like the K3, dual card slots, crop mode enabled,
~7fps, WR, and the features we have on the K3". [My emphasis].
Here are some numbers
I have just posted elsewhere, based on what other cameras, from Canon, Nikon, and Sony, can apparently do: (FPS * MP = MP/sec), in descending order of data rate:
A77: 12 * 24 = 288
5DS: 5 * 51 = 255
1Dx: 14 * 18 = 252
A65: 10 * 24 = 240
K-3: 8.3 * 24 = 199
D810: 5 * 36 = 180
D4s: 11 * 16 = 176
D610: 6 * 24 = 144
7 FPS for a
mirror-FF camera with full 36 MP sensor data would be way beyond the Nikon D810 or the Canon 5DS.
There is no possibility whatsoever that such a camera will be launched by Ricoh at the prices you mention! And Ricoh can't compete with the big two at the same price the big two are at. Not going to happen. Now way, no how, never going to happen with their current pro support structure in place, warranty support in place, aftermarket support in place, B&M store presence, or advertising presence. Also, that FPS thing is kinda meaningless. Where does the 645z show up on it? Exactly.
If it is launched at 3k I will not be buying one at all. Many others here will not be buying one at all. Ricoh will lose a large chunk of those who already use Pentax cameras, and it is doubtful they will pick those up from Canon and Nikon users.
To me I could care less about how many shots I can take in a second, and in reality I bet most people don't do loads of burst shots. Scenery and landscape pictures are my favorites, and I also do some architecture, animals, and people at anime conventions.
It is a simple economics thing. A camera body is an elastic commodity, not an inelastic one. An inelastic commodity is one which you have to buy regardless of the price (food, gasoline, electricity for your home, etc) and an inelastic commodity is one that you will buy, but only if the price is right, and if the price is too high then you may say, "Hey, that's nice, but I don't see myself spending that much on it."
Do you remember the K-01? It was released at a high price and no one bought it, even though it had the same sensor the K5 had and it had focus peaking for those manual lenses. How about that K-S1? Yeah, released at a high price recently and now I've seen a body for around 350 dollars. It had some nice features, but no one wanted it at the original asking price.
Everyone says, "Don't buy bodies, buy glass" and I can see that. If the new 150-450 would have went to 600mm I'd have preordered it. Ohh well, I can see I will not change your mind, and you're not going to change mine. I'll let my wallet talk for me, and pick one up when it settles to the price I will pay. After all it is an elastic commodity!