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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
08-22-2010, 10:51 PM
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This is so absolutely true. In a different forum (a big German one) this happend, when they were introducing k7. Rogue marketing, excessive community discussion and the forum was absolutely overhyped - way more, than in these threads. And it had the same effect - absolutely overhyped.
I'm happy to see, that Pentax seems to have learned from the lesson. It's just sad, we have not.
Being part of the same cycle, I sticked with k20 at that time, because I thougt:
They did about everything to make this the perfect camera (for expedition photography) but they sticked with the old sensor. Sensor improvements were discussed as marginal. Next update, they probably do much less innovation in features and do come up with the next great sensor. I actually write "the next great sensor" because I actually hate it, when noise in a sharp picture, which shows detail is compared to noise in a flattend picture. And this is what happens all the time.
Of course, I also always want to have more DynamicRange, more Iso, less noise and a bigger Sensor (at least the size of P65+) and I'm sooo disappointed, they released 645D. I expected 67D to stomp the competition :-) And of course I dream about winning the lottery and the like.
If it's a K7 replacement with marginal improvements or more improvements, I'll buy it. If it's below k7, so we can expect another Top-of-the line outdoor model - I'll wait for that one. If it would be FF, I'd wait for the next Top-of-the-Line APS-C. There is no sense cramming FF with big lenses into a 65-pound backpack if you want to go up a mountain!
I'd be happy with incremental improvements, which I think are within limits
Assuming improved AF (which I would appreciate, even if secondary to me)
Assuming a real step ahead with the sensor (since the basic design of the old one is a couple of years old)
Assuming upgrade to at least 1080i-Video
Hoping for an internal GPS-Chip
Hoping, it's easy to charge on unstable electrical power supply. I coulnd't think of a better camera for being a couple of weeks in the mountains. And I'd definetly pick it over the budget-FFs like 5DII. I've seen one of them fail in the cold and 5DII can be bad with noise and detail even compared to K20. (But that might be due to glass: DA*16-50 vs. Canon Kit lens might be unfair). Haha :-)
And most of all: I wouldn't discuss rumors with from a source, that claimed BSI several times over a longer period of time.
I'd just wish, that somebody with good karma could confirm, that k5 is definetly not postioned under k7 but at least a match, especially in resistance to cold weather. Pretty-Please?
Cheers!
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
12-23-2009, 01:59 AM
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Dear Community,
does any one of you know or suspect, if one of the flashes is coming in weather resistant?
They announced a weather resistant macro, right after I bought a macro. Why wouldn't they do that again with the flash?
I would just so love to buy the Pentax WR Ueber-Blitz!
What do you think? Any chances it's coming and I should go with a cheap flash over the next year? Or will it never come, and I should just buy the regular AF-540 FGZ?
Thanks a lot and merry Christmas,
Tobias
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