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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
07-31-2018, 06:56 AM
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This is a bonkers idea that I posted in the nikon mirrorless thread. But what if Pentax created a MILC body with a new large mount and used that body/mount for both a 35mm FF and a 645 sensor.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-29-2018, 01:11 PM
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CIPA - Camera & Imaging Products Association: Digital Cameras
I know they say that but I'm genuinely not so sure. Looking at the sales break down. In Japan (and asia as a whole) MILC is nearly equal sales to DSLRs. Europe and the Americas are still heavily skewed to DSLRs.
Units dslr | mirrorless
Japan - 673,931 | 544,828
Europe -2,130,377 | 922,834 1
Americas - 2,239,610 | 642,482
Asia - 2,414,083 | 1,846,248 (I think this excludes japan)
Other - 137,707 | 123,589
And notably global MILC sales are up ~31% from last year while DSLR sales are down ~8%. The current market stands at 65/35 split. The MILC growth might slow down but it's a huge market that Pentax would be foolish to ignore.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-29-2018, 11:14 AM
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I think that MILC is an undeniably large market. Pentax has a long history of lagging behind the market and it repeatedly bites them in the butt. But when they push past the status quo they do fantastic. The theta which has been a huge sales success. The 645D/N have been the gold standard (for "entry" level MF). And the K-1 brought all the features the Canon/Nikon still won't to FF.
As for the specifics on the MILC. I've advocated that if pentax creates a MILC, they need to create a new mount with it. That means new lenses, which makes a step investment. But that blow could be eased if they have an adapter ready on day 1. Build it rugged like a MILC version of the k-1 (or k-1II) and stuffed to the gills with the same features.
If they really wanted to rock the camera world, they would make the camera hyper customizable. By that I mean things no one else is doing like being able to load your own custom processing profiles from lightroom (or other editors) into the camera for auto processing. PF members have a wishlist of useful features Pentax could use to stand apart from the crowd. |
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-22-2018, 08:54 AM
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This kind of the point. their profitability is questionable. Their latest earnings report doesn't paint a rosy picture. And their official forecast only suggests things will get worse.
Financial Data > Financial Results | Global | Ricoh
Sticking to tradition put pentax behind the 8ball when transitioning to digital. Sticking to their guns because that's what the base wants is a surefire way to stagnate to death.
I want pentax to survive and thrive. The theta is a good example of pentax jumping ahead in a market. They need to keep doing that.
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