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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-22-2017, 05:02 PM
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It's not that Pentax users wouldn't be happy with a D500 equivalent. But realistically Pentax wouldn't compete there without a massive amount of time and money. And maybe not even then. Nikon and particularly Canon have too big a user base.
If I'm in Pentax product strategy, first thing I'd want to do was make sure that I could continue to be at the top in markets where I'm already close or there. Weddings, landscape, studio. K-1 and 645Z are already near/at the top there. Pentax will want to do what they can to stay there. Thus DFA 50 and 85 (and hopefully an ultrawide prime).
But it would require a huge investment to get to be competitive with Canon in the sports and bird market. In bodies, lenses, and marketing. And even if Pentax got close, that's probably not good enough. They would need to be a lot better to get people to switch. That won't happen, so it's too big a risk for Pentax IMO.
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