Originally posted by Kozlok I suppose so, but the Pentax has so many features the Canon and Nikon DSLRs don't have at a reasonable price point; their budget models don't have real pentaprisms, WR, in body SR, focus confirmation with MF lenses, compatibility with old screwdrive lenses, moire reduction, a solid build, TAv mode, and on and on.
I'd also say nowhere on the Rebel 6Ti box does it say that the camera has a seriously poor excuse for a viewfinder and the dumbest menu system ever conceived.
Pentax K-S 2 has almost the same price as Canon 800D, but the 800D has some advantages that is hard to overlook when you try and sell it to beginers and one of the most important one is
their marketing. Canon with their entry level cameras is targeting:
1. parents of small children. Canon is advertising their entry level cameras as very good in capturing action. And if you look at the Af from the 800D, on paper is looking more advanced than the one from K1. It shoots 6fps and uses 45 cross-type AF points (45 f/5.6 cross-type AF points, 27 f/8 points (9 cross-type), centre point is f/2.8 and f/5.6 dual cross-type).
2. beginers vloggers. Again, 800D has tilting LCD with touchscreen and the impressive dual pixel af
Pentax K-S2 may be a better camera overall than 800D due to the features that you mentioned, but these days people (young generation especially) are no longer interested in focus confirmation with manual lenses, compatibility with old screwdrive lenses or TAv mode. At least not when comes to entry level cameras.
As I said on more occasions, to me Pentax is looking like a company that is targeting more and more the landscape photographers with their current cameras, which it may not be a bad idea considering the fact that they are not going to invest the necesary money to compete with Canon, Nikon, Sony on other levels. But, if Pentax will have difficulties in the future when comes to market share, one main reason is
their lack of marketing and sales strategy.