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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
10-11-2018, 10:39 PM
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Point is that the market for compact camera's is more or less demolished by the smartphone, that get better and better camera's with each version. The only segment where some money can be made is probably the enthusiast / prosumer market. Imho, that means viewfinder camera, either mirrorless or DSLR. I don't think Ricoh can afford to have two separate technology lines, serving the same segment, so they will concentrate on one only, i.e. DSLR. The future will see if that is a good strategy or not....
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
05-04-2018, 02:23 AM
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What makes a photographer famous is most often not the gear, but the result. Some of the most iconic photographs are far from perfect from a technical perspective, but can be spectacular in other respects.
There will always be people sticking to old technology for whatever reason. Imho this is often driven by emotion. Other examples are tube amplifiers in hifi, or vinyl records. Some say they sound better, others disagree, or can't be bothered.
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
05-03-2018, 01:56 PM
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I remember when the first digital SLR's became available, a lot of 'serious' photographers rejected the idea, and wondered why 'serious' companies wasted energy in something that clearly could not compete with film camera's. Some went even that far that they didn't believe this would ever happen.
Now this landscape has changed dramatically, and (almost) no one will give that comment.
I believe the same will happen with mirrors and optical viewfinders. Not because they are better, or make the camera smaller, but in the end they will be cheaper to produce.
Personally, I am perfectly happy with the optical viewfinder in my Pentax K-S2, but the speed that things are changing made me wonder if my next Pentax (in more that a few years I hope) would be mirrorless? I certainly need it to support my old glass.
But Ricoh did not put it on the roadmap just yet, so it may be that in a couple of years Pentax will be the nr. 1 DSLR brand in numbers - as Nikon & Canon have shifted to mirrorless....
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
05-02-2018, 04:02 AM
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