[momotazur]

Dear Pentax
Please say something....

[Barry Pearson]

Forget the roadmap: put 'em on retail shelves!

Yes.

Dear Pentax: Please hurry up and launch everything on the last roadmap.

Then we'll tell you what we want on the next roadmap!

[RonHendriks1966]

I like the bigger screen on the back of the Samsung Galaxy NX

camerasize.com compare Samsung Galaxy NX | Pentax K-01

Could we have that on a future follower for the K-01. No EVF needed for me, just a nice big screen to work with.

[Kunzite]

At the expense of proper physical camera controls? Are you sure about that?

[RonHendriks1966]

At the expense of proper physical camera controls? Are you sure about that?

Only for a mirrorless K-mount follower to the K-01!

[dadipentak]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has already suggested this (forgive me for not combing through 78 pages of posts) but what about an in-camera gradient filter functionality?

[danbern]

WHAT I WOULD LIKE IN THE NEXT PENTAX FLAGSHIP CAMERA

- Hybrid viewfinder OVF/EVF.
- More video options, including allowing an external microphone and a button to record movies directly.
- Touchscreen LCD.
- GSP and WIFI as optional features.
- Improved ASP-C Sensor. I do not want to pass to full frame yet.
- Fix SDM lenses woes or add an option to use the screw drive instead SDM on a per lens basis setting.

[Chippedoff]

Would be nice to see an updated version of the K20d with good res high speed burst fps, no video mode but more concentration on photo quality, the focus of the k20d was alright but room for improvement, and a spare battery.

[Traditional]

Would be nice to see an updated version of the K20d with good res high speed burst fps, no video mode but more concentration on photo quality, the focus of the k20d was alright but room for improvement, and a spare battery.

I would also like a rather simple type of system camera, without any video mode, with a good photo quality, and weather sealed.

[wed7]

Dear Pentax (Ricoh)

Thank you (finally) for providing us WR flashes, thank you for renewing those DA LTD ('it gives us options either to stick and upgrade our little gems)

Can you now release a DA L 2/24 ? So you can complete the DA L Primes? (I've been waiting for the DA Limited Zoom for quite sometime but I am afraid I cannot afford that) so I am asking this instead.

[ramseybuckeye]

Would be nice to see an updated version of the K20d with good res high speed burst fps, no video mode but more concentration on photo quality, the focus of the k20d was alright but room for improvement, and a spare battery.

They already did in the K-30 and now K-50. But they do have video.

[Chippedoff]

They already did in the K-30 and now K-50. But they do have video.

More of less yes. However the k20d has a couple low light tricks that my k-30 does not. Not to mention the k20d has a top lcd which is useful for basic setting instead of using live view. I tried a few test shots, night time long exposures between my k20d and my k30. The k20d was quite a bit better at the same settings. As far as landcapes the k-30 is a bit better than the k20d. The K-5 has my interest for my next camera so long as the low light examples i have seen are actually for real.

The video of the K-30 or 50 is quite good. Good accurate colour for water and melatics as well as skin tones and does a decent job on glass.

[Class A]

However the k20d has a couple low light tricks that my k-30 does not.

Perhaps you are comparing at 100% zoom (1:1) and the K20D has a "lower resolution" advantage? The K-30's sensor is significantly better than the K20D's with respect to noise and hence low light.

Anyhow, this is not the thread for such discussions. Please create a new thread, if you feel your K20D in low-light is better than a K-30. If we want to have any hope of someone relevant reading this, then we should not be having off-topic discussions.

[bebeka]

Here are some of my suggestions for K-5 II successor:
-Redesign the AF point selection lever - I don't really fell when the next mode clicks in. And the lever moves hard.
I've written about it in that thread:
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-5/209662-k-5-ergonomics-button-layout.html
-Another thing is fact that my K-5 is quite slow to response. Zooming during picture review is not as super fast as on other cameras. Camera doesn't let you change shutter setting for a brief moment after powering on. Applying in camera distortion/abberation correction is very slow. I guess that's due to the fact that the in-camera processor is not the fastest one. K-30 had a different processor and it's said to be much more responsive. God only knows why they didn't upgrade processor in K-5 II.
-RAW files weight a ton. In Photoshop you can resave them as compressed DNGs. They take around 70% of the originals. I think that there should be an option in camera to save compressed DNGs. Another good idea would be possibility to choose RAWs with bitdepth (12 or 14 bpp like some Nikons have). I guess you could save some space thanks to that.

To clarify. These are only little details. I guess most of the people don't really notice these things. But I look at the K-# line as an evolving family of products. K-5 II seems to me as an almost perfect camera. Just these three things that I would like to see changed in next iteration.

[ajuett]

An OVF positioned for left-eyed people with pointy noses!

Camera bodies I've been very happy with both in design and functionality. I've had the K100DS, K200D, K-x and now the K-r. The one thing I still miss since the K200D is the top LCD screen.

Prime lenses I'd really like to see in Limited style: 12mm f/4 and 135mm f/1.8.

Also, and this is nit-picking but why not make the whole line weather sealed now? Forget the K-500 and K-r and 18-55 and 50-200 non-WR. Save cost and keep the 18-55 and 50-200WR to match up with the K-50, etc.