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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-13-2018, 06:06 PM
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But I guess it speaks to how any odd thing about a camera will be seized on a beaten, even if the camera is otherwise quite nice.
I got one for my daughter. She doesn't use the LEDs, to be honest I don't think she noticed they existed, but she likes having a smallish camera that takes nice photos. Our K3 and K-1 cameras are bigger than she wants.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-12-2018, 11:15 AM
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I own the DA 15 and 40 and FA 31 and 77. And a K-S1. And a K-01. I like small gear.
It is my perception that those lenses aren't moving the dial much. For whatever reason, Pentax with the K-1 and DFA *zooms seems to be moving in a different direction.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-12-2018, 03:54 AM
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I don't think small size sells -- at least not outside of Asia. This is particularly true if specifications have to be cut back at all in order to shrink the form factor.
The smallest recent vintage camera that Pentax made was the K-S1. It is smaller than the Fuji XH1 (one of the few Fuji's to have IBIS). It has a 100 percent penta prism optical viewfinder and IBIS, but was run down pretty heavily on the Forum when it was released.
Even with lenses, we have seen a shift. Tiny lenses like the DA limiteds and FA limiteds aren't the hot items any more and Pentaxians would rather have zooms or highly corrected primes. Except for those who shoot really ancient lenses.
I'm not against Pentax releasing a small SLR -- they could certainly make one that is smaller than a lot of the current APS-C mirrorless on the market, but it shouldn't lack functionality in order to make it small.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-11-2018, 07:02 AM
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Well, I think people are wanting certain features on the K-P to be improved, even if you don't end up with a sports camera.
But honestly, even a camera like the A7 III which, I don't think is targeted at the sports market, could function pretty well against some of the sports cameras of by gone days. We've come an awfully long way in what specifications can be expected of a camera at any price point.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-11-2018, 06:24 AM
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Long lenses are something that ILCs have over phone cameras and will for the foreseeable future. It isn't surprising that this is mentioned in a lot of threads -- particularly when people think about a sequel to the K3 II.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-11-2018, 04:02 AM
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Pentax has a number of products that should be updated. They should have a dual slot APS-C camera with fast frame rate and decent buffer size. Does it have to be a D500 killer? Of course not, but an upper end APS-C camera with better specs than a K-P is a product that people would buy. The question is what else Pentax will put into such a product and what updated sensors are available. Do they bite the bullet and actually stick 4K video in it? Can they improve AF-C a bit and share the tech between this and the full frame cameras that are apparently to be released next year? Are they planning to update the 645Z? How about the K70?
I think that Pentax is actually saving stuff that they are working on for next year and as usual, I expect there to be sharing of technology across camera bodies.
As for the whole discussion about auto focus, it is neither here nor there. I think a lot of the people who complain about auto focus have not tried it with newest DC motor driven lenses. That really does make a difference. If you are shooting older screw driven/SDM lenses, don't expect auto focus tracking to improve very much, regardless of the body. That said, there is room for improvement in auto focus along with a number of other areas and Pentax can and will make gear to fill some of these holes. I do think next year is going to be a big one for Pentax. Will it make Pentaxians happy forever? Probably not -- we tend to be a gloomy bunch -- but at least for a month or two we'll be a wee bit more cheerful (or maybe just less gloomy)...
I think the issue is that cameras have gone up scale over the last year or two. Most brands are selling fewer cameras, but making more money on them. The problem, as I see it, is that people don't really want to pay 1400 or 1500 dollars for a micro four thirds camera when they can spend a similar amount and get a camera with a bigger sensor. Not saying its right or wrong, but a K-1 II sells for a similar price to the OMD EM 1 MK II (how do they name these things?) and if you aren't already invested in micro four thirds, I don't know why you would end up going that direction versus one of the other brands with either an APS-C or full frame sensor.
Edit: I think it is important to note that I don't think that micro four thirds is going away. I just think that Olympus has sort of maxed out what they can do with that size sensor and may have difficulty both attracting new users and getting their current photographers to upgrade as fast as they have in the past. This certainly could spur them to add a larger size sensor and a different mount. Even APS-C has slowed a bit and only Fuji seems to be generating top end new cameras in this sensor size.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
11-10-2018, 03:23 AM
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How about instead of a digital LX, the Pentax XXL, for all the extra large people in your life...
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-02-2018, 02:44 AM
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I think the KP is the K3 II sequel -- for now. That doesn't mean that Pentax won't release another, higher end APS-C camera next year, but for the better part of year, that camera won't exist and the KP will be the highest end APS-C camera Pentax has.
For Pentax faithful, the KP actually isn't bad. It focuses on size, which has been an important thing for Pentax and doesn't do much with things like frame rates and video. But it turns out that you need higher end specifications to sell cameras -- or a really low price and the KP didn't really have either. I think right now Pentax is doing an evaluation of what things they will need to start to include going forward in order to make certain their camera sales are adequate.
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