Quote: It is a known given Pentax cameras, as mentioned due to their shutter designs, have always had no greater than a 1/180 flash shutter limitation, ever. If they really wanted to produce a higher shutter speed sync I am pretty sure in their over 50 years of Slr/dslr manufacturing history they would have by now.
During most of Pentax's existence - they produced film cameras. Using your logic, Pentax should go back to making film cameras, maybe that would sell more.
Ricoh has shown an inclination with Pentax to incrementally improve the brand. Thats wonderful IMO.
Sony's mirrorless started out with the Nex models and had a synch speed of 1/160s. When they introduced the A7 series - they bumped up the sync speed to 1/250s. Yet these are still the most inexpensive FF cameras one can buy. I don't think Pentax's mechanical shutters are inexpensive considering the high frame rates they are capable of shooting at and how quiet they are.
So i don't think changing the sync speed is such an insurmountable task.
I was shooting some promo shots inside a museum a few weeks ago. Needed the sync speed to overcome the outside sunlight that was filtering in. The 1/180s was enough to do the trick, but i could then understand what others have said about increased sync speeds.
Wedding and portrait photographers are probably the biggest professional niche out there. Changing the sync speed would probably make them happier. Why not do it??????????????? What are you afraid of - success???