Originally posted by Another dyemention I'm relatively new to photography so maybe it's just my lack of experience and knowledge talking, but I really don't understand why ricoh is wasting any time and money at all on a FF. pentax FF isn't going to be groundbreaking to where canikons will switch. I'm just speculating here but how many aps-c users will upgrade to the FF? Maybe half? And I think that's a very optimistic guess. Pentax has some of the best apsc cameras available, an the best MF camera available so why not focus on what they're good at? Maybe work on an affordable MF camera priced the same as canikons FF cameras. A camera like that can be pentaxs offer to the professional photographers instead of another option for a FF.
I think the businesscase for the FF is not to convince Canikon users to switch, but rather to keep existing Pentax users with the brand. MF doesn't do that very well, because it's a niche product only very few can justify spending money. I think there are a lot of people who have called out for a FF body. If Pentax doesn't give them what they want, sooner or later they'll realize that life is short and brand loyalty is a self-made chain.
Also, the FF would probably boost sales of current fullframe glass like the FA limiteds and 100mm WR macro.
I'd be very surprised if half of all the Pentax users anywhere in the world will upgrade to FF. I think it'll be something like 10%. Maybe 20, tops. But that 20% is important, because they're the people that spend more money on gear in the first place, so maybe they generate as much as 50% of the revenue for Pentax. The figures may be off, but I think it's something like that.
Originally posted by Another dyemention its almost 2016. people like spending money on new technology. why not work on something like a stellar mirrorless camera that wirelessly tethers with a tab? something where you can edit your pictures on the spot.
Offer a pro package where you can control your whole system, flashes, camera, editing- all on the tab- on location. Maybe it's just me but I don't see a point in playing follow the leader when you can be the leader. Why play catch up with companies like canikon? And who cares about a pentax ff anyhow? The people on here. Maybe a few thousand people? Seems like a big waste to me.
I have said earlier that maybe Pentax needs to reinvent itself, but honestly I don't see many benefits of wirelessly tethering with a tab. But that's mainly because I don't use tethering at all. Also, the high-quality mirrorless market is pretty saturated nowadays, with Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. Pentax has the Q instead, which is a different concept.
Last edited by starbase218; 10-08-2015 at 11:51 AM.