Originally posted by Pål Jensen Not much of a competition except for the format. The Pentax is a field camera with a splendid viewfinder that is not dependent on the use of electricity to work. Pentax also have a huge used market for lenses at ridiculously cheap prices making the system unsurpassed in value if one take that route....
I cannot see that they appeal to same customers. Pentax and Fuji didn't in the film days either....
I think people looking to get into MF digital will look at all the options available in their price range and the decision would likely come down to size/weight and lens selection. While Pentax has a lot of old lenses available, most are noisy screw-drive ones from the film days and all can be adapted for manual focus on a Fuji MF camera. I suspect that most people getting into digital MF are not as frugal as the many APS-C or FF users who buy old film lenses partly to play with and partly because they're so much cheaper. People buy into MF for performance and IQ. Performance-wise, the only things against Fujifilm are their EVF (vs OVF) and the reflections off the sensor that can degrade IQ on mirrorless cameras, which is a real problem, and not one you want when paying out the big bucks for gear.
I think there's a lot of competition in there and Fuji are really putting a lot of energy into fighting for their share.
Originally posted by SFTphotography They need to remove the on sensor phase detect pixels from it - to avoid the lines that appear in certain conditions.
I'm waiting to see if there will be sensors for SLRs only which don't have the AF pixels that lead to banding. So far the companies putting them in cameras seem to be quite happy to use them in DSLRs and thereby gain the mirrorless-level AF that they can provide. I suspect that all sensors will have those AF pixels in the future, whether we like it or not. I doubt that Pentax have the clout to get a competitive price for sensors specifically made without them, especially given that at least some proportion of prospective buyers will prefer to have them for the AF benefits even if it impacts IQ.