Originally posted by Kiwizinho I think it's not just Pentax - there's actually an issue that the whole camera market has matured and I can't think of a lot of new features I'd want that don't already exist in a model made by some brand or other.
Pentax certainly has limitations when it comes to video, and there does seem to be better tracking AF in other makes, but as far as stills go, I can't think of a lot extra that I'd need for what I do than what I can achieve with my K-70, apart from maybe better high ISO performance, but then there's the K-1 II for that, so Pentax's limited lineup has my interests in still photography covered.
I likely will stick with Pentax for a while, and the DA* 50-135 2.8 is on my future shopping list, as it covers a sweet spot in focal lengths for portraits, and it doesn't appear other mounts have anything current in a similar range for APS-C (I guess it's about equivalent to 70-200 on FF of which there are plenty of options.)
I have considered something that I can use more for video, and I think Panasonic would be my top pick in that respect, but 4K or 8K video don't really interest me as I'd need to buy a new PC and a new TV to get any benefit from them, and to be perfectly honest, probably a trip to the optometrist, as my organic lenses have a little bit of an issue with focus at a distance. Finding somewhere where I could actually situate a 4K TV where a) I can actually see the entire screen and b) I can actually resolve the increased resolution might be a challenge, and if I throw 'upgrade the house' into the equation, then the cost of a new camera ends up the least of my problems.
I think I'd be perfectly happy to stick to full HD 1080P video, so long as a camera does it well, eg things like dynamic range, high frame rate, tracking AF would be more useful to me than higher resolution.
The market has definitely matured over the last 2-3 years. Now the big thing that is happening is that the legacy companies, (apart from Olympus who were on the ground level) have woken up and joining the Mirrorless revolution. BUT having said that, Nikon's Z series are better advanced than the Canon EOS M & R series cameras. Nikon took the plunge big time and developed a totally new mount that will accept the F mount via an adapter, but havent been afraid to use new sensors and take a gamble on things like using different memory. Where as Canon's EOS R series have taken a new mount and old hardware behind, the EOS R was essentially a 5DIII with a crippled firmware and no mirror box, the EOS RP is a crippled 6DII so lots of old anyway tech wrapped in something new... Just look at the differences between their lens selections already, Nikon have 4 or 5 lenses where as there are only a 3 for the EOS R.
As for the Video side, the definite leaders are Panasonic & Sony, the OIympus cameras are getting much better on the video side, the Nikon Z's are meant to be really good for video too. It would be nice to see Ricoh put a bit more into Pentax for cameras and improve certain things like the Video and try some better tech inside too