Originally posted by LensBeginner Money is mostly in Lenses... not Bodies...
This is True for brands that already have a Large Number of
FF Bodies in use :
Canon, Nikon, and now Sony !
Pentax is coming from the times they
had a Large Number of
Film Bodies in use.
Glorious times = Chinon, Cosina, Pentax, Petri, Ricoh, etc... shared the
K Mount.
The # of lenses manufactured lowered the Price (I had the Mx, MeS, Lx, SuperA)
Now that Pentax only holds ~1% of the Full-Frame Market, it's 100% the opposite :
they have to sell rebranded Tamron "K" at Higher Price than Tamron "Eos", "F",...
I won't be surprised if Tamron "K" earn less money than Tamron "Eos", "F", etc...
Now, starting from ~1%... to increase their Market Share...
...
Pentax have to make it known they can deliver
the Best FF Image Quality !
Not to Pentaxians only... But to Canonists, Nikonians, Sonysts too !