Originally posted by Kunzite starbase218:
He could try to make his opinion known (which is fine) without insulting the professionals (which isn't). It's those "stupid", "clueless" and utterly "incompetent" people who are keeping Pentax alive, and are delivering us those amazing cameras and lenses. Not the armchair experts.
And are you surprised he's proved himself wrong? Though the video with the insults was not retracted...
I probably wouldn't use the words he does either, but in the end they are just words, and Pentax is a company with a public face. So if they can't take criticism, even if expressed like this, I would be very disappointed in them.
And no, I'm not surprised he was wrong, because his vids are not about right or wrong. They are about his thoughts at that point in time.
Originally posted by Kunzite If they wanted to keep it secret until the end of the year, they would have had to postpone and keep secret the D FA 70-200 and D FA 150-450, too. That means lost sales. That means a Pentax apparently not doing much - the K-S2 with a kit lens, a K-3 update - and people would worry and complain and jump ship.
I don't quite understand... you're saying there might be a significant effect now, but it would disappear right after the FF market launch? Why?
I thought I explained it pretty well. Right now, all you know is, "a fullframe is coming". You don't know the pricepoint, the specifications, anything really, that could help you decide whether or not it's for you. So it could be for you, potentially, or not. Now if you think like this, how inclined are you to buying more APS-C gear for your Pentax APS-C DSLR right now? I would not be very inclined at all.
Originally posted by Kunzite And regarding the people holding on their purchases with the intention of buying the FF - they might not give money to Pentax now, but they will pay more later. Much more. Think double for the camera alone.
Assuming they will get the FF, which all depends on whether or not it's the best tool for them, which right now we don't know, because we don't have specs.
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Originally posted by Kunzite By the way, here's some crazy thought: what if knowing that Ricoh is serious about Pentax - serious enough to prepare an entire FF product line - would encourage people (for whom FF is out of their price range) to spend more on APS-C?
From a personal POV, if Ricoh continues to be serious about APS-C as well, i.e. by updating the DA* line, I may continue to spend money on APS-C Pentax products. If on the other hand, Pentax becomes just like Canon or Nikon in the sense that they want to push you to fullframe, that's one reason less for me to stay with Pentax.