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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
07-31-2009, 02:41 AM
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You make many good points.
Features and quality are very good to have, but they aren't sufficient. A product from a smaller player like pentax or olympus has to have a vibe, catch people's eyes, or something.
That's what olympus has done with their new little camera (even though it surely is wanting in many practical aspects). People see it, and it seems different and cool, and they want it. I did too, at first glance -- then later realized I didn't really -- but that extra impetus is very important, I think. It's very hard to win by plodding along checking off features on your feature-list.
The K-7 has something similar in my opinion. In many ways, it's an evolution of the k20d, but besides extra (and necessary!) features like faster focusing, it has something their earlier dslrs seemed to lack. It feels elegant.
Notice I only joined this site recently? It's because of the K-7. Though I've owned older pentax gear for a long time, and I like the company, their digital gear has always somehow lacked a spark, and never quite seemed to live up to the standard set by their earlier film cameras. With the K-7 there's a sense that maybe something is changing; it feels a little bit more like a camera the Pentax of old would have made...
[I'm curious what impact the Hoya acquisition had on such things...]
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