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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-12-2018, 10:47 AM
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You should come to France some day. :)
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2018, 08:01 AM
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Olympus are not an example to follow nor a comparison to rejoice at I'm afraid. Their imaging business is haemorrhaging:- Sales are dropping: -16% for H1 2019/03 and -18% expected for the whole 2019/03 fiscal year
- Operating loss (excluding one-offs) amounted to 15% of sales during H1 2019/03 and is expected to reach 18% of sales for the whole 2019/03 fiscal year.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2018, 04:48 AM
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Canon's 'trickle' in 2018:- EOS 4000D
- EOS 2000D
- EOS M50
- PowerShot SX740 HS
- EOS R
- PowerShot SX70 HS
- EF 70-200mm F4L IS II USM
- EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS III USM
- EF 600mm F4L IS III USM
- EF 400mm F2.8L IS III USM
- EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM
- RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM
- RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro
- RF 50mm F1.2L USM
- RF 28-70mm F2L USM
Nikon's:- Coolpix P1000
- Z6
- Z7
- D350
- AF-S Nikkor 180-400mm F4E TC1.4 FL ED VR
- AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5.6E PF ED VR
- Nikkor Z 35mm F1.8 S
- Nikkor Z 50mm F1.8 S
- Nikkor Z 24-70mm F4 S
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2018, 03:41 AM
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Three products in two lines actually:- FF: (i) Pentax K-1 II and (ii) HD Pentax-D FA★ 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW
- WG: (iii) Ricoh WG-60
But I agree: this is a meagre harvest.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-02-2018, 05:31 AM
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The latest camera that was released with at a price point around or under $1,000 is the Nikon D3500 announced on 30 August 2018. RRP is $499 with an 18-55mm kit lens.
Latest release by Canon and Nikon of their 'low-end plasticy stuff'- Canon: EOS 4000D (£330/€380 i.e $385 body only; the lowest launch price of any DSLR), EOS Rebel T7 ($549.99 with an 18-55mm IS kit lens) and EOS M50 ($780 body only), the three of them announced on 26 February 2018.
- Nikon: Nikon D3500 ($499 with an 18-55mm kit lens) announced on 30 August 2018.
Don't let the camera makers' communication fool you. They are trying to move upmarket but the bulk of sales, in particular DSLR sales, comes from entry-level products.
Look at the latest CIPA figures: http://www.cipa.jp/stats/documents/e/d-201808_e.pdf
Average unit production prices over the January-August 2018 period are ¥32,285 ($284) for DSLRs and ¥39,989 ($351) for mirrorless cameras.
Of course these prices are ex works (EXW) prices and you should multiply them by approximately 2 to obtain the corresponding prices but still...
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-01-2018, 03:36 PM
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Another example of a dull Photokina (no product announced and a superfluous, gloomy press conference) followed by a damage-control interview: Olympus.
Olympus: Full-frame is good for Micro Four Thirds | Camera Jabber
However, the interviewee is the head of the company’s imaging business, not a local product manager and marketing leader, therefore the message conveyed is loud and clear:
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-30-2018, 01:32 PM
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'For me the successor to the K-3 is the KP.'
'The KP isn't young, the K-70 isn't young either, for next year we need something; next year is the 100th anniversary of Pentax.'
He would like to see something big for this anniversary 'I remember the LX, which was an anniversary model too (...) not the successor to the K-3, the successor to the K-3 is the KP, but a new camera that would be at the same level for APS-C as the K-1 is for full format (...) a top-level camera.'
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
09-30-2018, 01:15 PM
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Funny: Mr Wolfgang Baus talks about the three large-aperture prime lenses, specifically 50mm, 85mm and 35mm, quotes twice the 35mm focal length, realises from the way the interviewer reacts that something is amiss, repeats '35mm, it's on the roadmap', the interviewer answers 'no, only wide-aperture wide-angle...', then Mr Baus back-pedals and explains that 35mm is his own interpretation, yada yada yada...
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