Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
04-27-2022, 07:35 AM
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Yep, but I guess my point was the best camera is the one you have with you. I like the control of the K-1 and it's image quality, some of that could be achieved in an updated K-01 (even if it stayed as an APS-C sensor). However, I also was trying to make the point that a mirrorless camera is only beneficial size wise when paired with the correct lenses.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
04-27-2022, 02:12 AM
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I've not used my K-1 in far too long partly because I find carrying it around now too much of an effort. I do have a K-01 as well and could swap back to that for a carrying camera (would still favour the K-1 for special trips etc).
However, part of the problem are the lenses. A new K-01 would only be compact if the lenses were. I've thought about switching to Sony but TBH I am not sure there's much a weight saving there (esp. if talking about FF cameras).
That said, I think were Pentax to style a new K-01 like the old MX they'd have way more success.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-29-2020, 12:59 PM
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Sure, nothing is guaranteed. But given the title of this thread is "just speculation on mirrorless and Pentax", I think this is an OK place for hypothetical thinking ;)
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-29-2020, 06:48 AM
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Yeah, I cannot see a new mount being economically viable for Pentax (or any other manufacturer). I could see Pentax moving away from the K-mount potentially, for example they could join the L-mount and produce lenses for that (and potentially cameras).
This has been said many times before, but I think there is a niche (particularly for Pentax) for an MX-sized fullframe camera which would be the size of MILCs but with an OVF and maintains the K-mount. But I imagine that it's not technology possible to (/financially viable to R&D) sufficiently miniaturise the new components a digital camera includes (a PCB, sensor substantially thicker than film, an LCD display, larger battery etc).
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-12-2018, 02:09 AM
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There was a Pentax patent about a hybrid viewfinder several years ago, certainly pre-Ricoh.
This is all great and I'd like to see it happen, but personally what I would like Ricoh to focus on at the moment would be shrinking down the size of the camera further.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-05-2018, 02:23 AM
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In Russia, is there a great deal of sentimentality about Russian brands? I always get the impression that Russia is very proud of it's past, could this be used to hawk re-branded Japanese and German cameras?
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-20-2018, 03:06 AM
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I think officially in the UK its the end of September
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-13-2018, 02:56 AM
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Pentax wouldn't be a large enough customer by itself to get Samsung to manufacture a FF sensor, possibly even if Pentax did all the design work (even if they had the expertise). There would be additional costs in Samsung setting up its fabrication plants to produce a FF sensor which would also add to costs (given that it seems unlikely they are set up already, although who knows!)
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
09-02-2018, 06:00 AM
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-30-2018, 05:03 AM
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The GXR is a good indication that Ricoh has been very prepared to innovate and take risks. I really loved Ricoh's early digital camera designs like the RDC 2 - out there but at least pushing boundaries.
However, the market has changed a lot and is no longer growing in the way that it was, especially with the competition from phones driving consumer expectations of the level of technology a standalone camera should have.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-30-2018, 02:33 AM
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True, I think Ricoh has always had a similar ethos to Pentax in its camera design.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-30-2018, 01:00 AM
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I tried image sync a while ago. If this 2.0 update is genuine improvement I might give it another go.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-30-2018, 12:58 AM
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That more or less depends on which staff were carried over?
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
08-29-2018, 10:32 AM
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Keep it and maybe upgrade my existing K-1
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-29-2018, 10:30 AM
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I've just got a 360 camera, not a Theta because I wanted something that shot RAW.
The creative possibilities are amazing. From one 360 photo you can create so many possible photographs. I was skeptical at first, but have been very impressed so far.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-29-2018, 10:25 AM
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It's one that the K-7 suffered from as well....
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-29-2018, 10:22 AM
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I suppose this makes sense given the K-1 is marketed as a rugged landscape camera, but I wonder what impact it would have on battery life. Presumably it wouldn't need to heat the elements by much though.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-29-2018, 09:37 AM
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The K-01 was too divisive visually and the lack of a mirror didnt really come with many obvious advantages.
Pentax's best bet would be to try to make it look as much like an MX or an LX as possible. But shrinking it as small as possible whilst maintaining the K-mount is a non-trivial technical challenge.
Without obvious size benefits from mirrorless other advantages would need to be promoted. Meaning things like EVFs would have to be extremely good, fps would have to take advantage of no mirror etc. ---------- Post added 08-29-18 at 05:42 PM ---------- As Rondec said, the technical things (EVF, PDAF on sensor etc) are not Pentax's strong points.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-29-2018, 09:22 AM
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A 7K Theta would be amazing (just got into 360) but the file sizes for video would be crazy big.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
08-25-2018, 04:26 AM
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Perhaps you could have a modular design whereby for absolute portability you could have a removable rear screen :)
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
08-25-2018, 03:17 AM
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Ricoh as a whole is a much larger company than Nikon. I know it's much more complicated than simply saying "Ricoh could invest more if it wanted to" but there's an element of choice in Ricoh not developing a new mount. Also, just because they could doesn't mean they should.
I certainly agree that anything they did would have to be different but different in a good way, with tangible benefits for customers.
If you could get a mirrorless down to the size of an MX then it could maintain the K-mount but still be as small as a lot of modern mount mirrorless. But that's a huge technical challenge that may be impossible to actually meet.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-20-2018, 02:56 AM
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Your words "especially considering the source" and "I don't think we can expect much better from those guys" are the main problems here. A lot of new buyers go on the size and internet presence of a review source and so will trust DPReview to be balanced and evenhanded - which is totally naive (when dealing with any reviewer). For people who know DPReview's general disposition towards Pentax you can read between the lines, use the image comparison tools, or otherwise get what you need from the review. Everyone else has to wade through not just the occasional direct comment, but the constant sense you get that for DPReview for a Pentax product to be good and worth buying it has to be literally messianic. It doesn't have to be better than Canon, Nikon or Sony, it has to redefine photography. OK, maybe that's a bit strong, but you get my point.
DPReview is as much a technology site as it is a photography site. It tends to fixate not on the photographs but on the pixels.
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Forum: Ricoh Theta 360° Cameras
08-07-2018, 01:36 AM
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I am quite interested in the Theta and have been trying ti work out what kind of functionality the plug-in store could add.
I assume the APIs don't give the kind kf access to the hardware to enable RAW support?
The other feature I'd be interested in is 'overcapture' (the video recompostion feature that Go pro and Insta 360 One have)
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Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service
06-12-2018, 05:09 AM
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It's reassuring to hear the positive experiences of people following their upgrades. I am still in two minds about it.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
06-08-2018, 03:58 AM
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Sure, the sensor impacts the size of the lens but it doesn't mean that all the potential size benefit of a mirrorless camera is negated in all circumstances. The Pentax 43mm, if natively mountable on a mirrorless camera, would result in a more compact kit than when mounted on a K-1. For some lens-body combinations the body is the bigger partner, and shrinking it does make a difference. Mirrorless undoubtably has the potential to be smaller over a conventional DSLR. However, sure, some lens types can't be miniaturised effectively - tele lenses spring to mind. But even in these cases most mirrorless cameras will be lighter and have less volume than an equivalent DSLR. Ergonomics and balance is another issue of course! :p
I also think that depth is a big part of perceived size. The shorter registration distance allows for a mirrorless camera to be thinner, and I think this matters to perceptions of size, even if overall volume is similar.
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