[Excalibor]

Hi, Excalibor. Sorry for not responding sooner

(big snip!)

I hope that answers your question.

Don't worry, it was worth the wait! What an amazing story! I would love to be able to go to one of those expos, maybe the one in London one of these years... I can see why you felt the K3II so much closer to you than the older K3 model. The decision of which camera was for you was already taken back then. That's really fantastic!


I got to "try" my K3 before purchasing it, by a huge chance I was in the town where it was being sold, and had 1 hour to check it out, so I walked all over the town (just 20 minutes, but it was hot!) and managed to play with it a bit. I was very nervous, because I love the ergonomics of the Canon EOS 1300D, such a simple, lightweight, amazing little camera! And I had a K50 in my hands a couple of years back, and I recall thinking it was a bit too angular, too "squarish"... But after a lot of reading and thinking, I knew I wanted a Pentax, not a better Canon body! So I wanted to love it, I wanted the camera to tell me: "I'm here, buddy! Let's go taking pictures already!". But I always try to be cold when buying, so I didn't yield. It was really a tough moment... Yes, first world problems, I know... The thing is I didn't buy it right away, I risked losing it for 3 more days. "If it's there, then it was meant for me; otherwise, it wasn't, such it's fate". LOL. But , well, it was (I actually bought it from my mobile phone, LOL). And despite the size, weight and everything, it feels amazing on my hands (I have somewhat smallish hands) and I love it!

So I think I can understand when you say it's a matter of feeling right for you.

Thank you very much for a very interesting story! As a form of art, the tools of the trade are so much more than specs and numbers, aren't they?

Cheers!

[beachgardener]

we are zooming in toward September, and yet still no word from Pentax. I do still think we need something, a leek or something, a teaser

[Racer X 69]

I do still think we need something, a leek or something, a teaser

OK.

Here.

[RobA_Oz]

You forgot the teaser:

[boriscleto]

You forgot the teaser:

Now if she was doing that with 2 bunches of leeks instead of the feathers...

[RobA_Oz]

Now if she was doing that with 2 bunches of leeks instead of the feathers...

You’re clearly a man of specialised tastes...

Or, are you just looking forward to making leek soup?

[Racer X 69]

She was hiding under the leeks.

I knew you guys would find her.

[Mark Ransom]

we are zooming in toward September, and yet still no word from Pentax. I do still think we need something, a leek or something, a teaser

A teaser would only make sense if there was something just around the corner. Only the most optimistic would believe that to be true, all evidence and rumors have been to the contrary.

That said, I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.

[Racer X 69]

OK, another teaser.

[xmeda]

Maybe K70 update.. and maybe KP update around christmas..

APS-C hi-end is probably "being developed" as they told us half year ago that they started. Engineering department probably got erased heavily to save cost.... and to commit proper suicide on the market.

[reh321]

A teaser would only make sense if there was something just around the corner. Only the most optimistic would believe that to be true, all evidence and rumors have been to the contrary.

That said, I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.

Very little time passed between the first teaser and the K-1ii announcement.
Pentax could easily go from nothing to tease to announcement in less than a month.

They aren't like Nikon, who announces their future announcements.

[Mikesul]

Very little time passed between the first teaser and the K-1ii announcement.
Pentax could easily go from nothing to tease to announcement in less than a month.

They aren't like Nikon, who announces their future announcements.

Yes, if they have something coming we are unlikely to hear much more than a week or two in advance. Whatever it is it is not Christmas so we should work with what we have and be happy if something interesting appears.

[RobA_Oz]

we are zooming in toward September, and yet still no word from Pentax. I do still think we need something, a leek or something, a teaser

A teaser would only make sense if there was something just around the corner. Only the most optimistic would believe that to be true, all evidence and rumors have been to the contrary.

That said, I wouldn't mind being pleasantly surprised.

Photokina opens on 26 September, so if past practice is anything to go by, we can probably expect any first teaser no more than two weeks or so beforehand. In their position, I would be seeking to get any news out early, to avoid being lost in the noise created by the opposition, closer to the date.

If anything is to be shown there, mid-September is the likely time to pay attention, as Mikesul inferred.

Then again, Ricoh does tend to run its own race, and they may avoid making any announcements at Photokina.

[bobmaxja]

This year all light will be on Nik and Can with their mirrorless but Pentax can come with APSC DSLR and can be the only one in that market.

[RobA_Oz]

This year all light will be on Nik and Can with their mirrorless but Pentax can come with APSC DSLR and can be the only one in that market.

It seems that will be the case, as far as the opposition is concerned.

On the other hand, we could see a K-3ii replacement and a Kp upgrade, bearing in mind that the Kp has now been out as long as the K-3 had been when the K-3ii was announced. However, given the current situation with development resources, I would think that a better strategy would be to announce the K-3ii successor now and the Kp upgrade in six months time.