Originally posted by Corto-PA I dont know what "really revolutionary" you are waiting for........But I dont wait around, I buy and use what serves me in the here and now. Life is too short to hang around waiting for the next great thing.
Certainly, buying "what serves in the here and now"...especially if it's "new"....is what keeps many of these camera companies (including Pentax) solvent.
I just don't happen to be one of those folks who immediately jump on the bandwagon to buy everything that's "new" when it first appears on the market.
In fact, from my over 40 years as both a photographer
and an amateur (ham) radio operator, I've learned that, in this day and age, a "new" design is often replete with flaws which results in sending the unit back to the factory for warranty work...often while the factory techs are still scratching their collective heads for a way to correct the problem.
In that sense, those who leap on the bandwagon to immediately buy the "latest and greatest" often end up being little more than company Beta testers. And, if I may borrow your phrase, in my humble opinion, "Life is too short to be a Beta tester".
These days, my approach to purchasing both Ham Radio equipment AND photographic equipment is to WAIT a year or so after something "new" is released until the builders work out all the
rest of the bugs in their latest brainchild.
THEN I might be tempted to buy one "new in the box"..often while saving a whole bunch of money in the process.
Keith