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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-22-2019, 02:42 PM
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Interesting Sigma can support FF panasonic but not FF Pentax.
Panasonic's most popular model (on flickr) has 123 average users.
The K-1, K-3 and K-3ii have together (same mount) have 232 users.
It would appear people have high hopes for this camera. Perhaps it's because there are so many Pentax lenses out there, that Pentax can buy older Pentax glass if they want cheaper. They don't have to go third party. This looks to me like a huge gamble. The 6 fps while tracking is slower than a D850, the value of their implementation of pixel shift is unknown but dubious given that they are posting images with artifacts as examples.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-22-2019, 08:29 AM
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I look forward to the camera being listed on Flickr, although I notice they don't ship until April 28. I'll be looking for proof that someone actually bought one. I can only assume there are Panasonic users as brand loyal as Pentax users who have been waiting for years for a full frame body.
But $10,000 for less than a basic kit, might be too high a buy in price for many.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-22-2019, 08:02 AM
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Google failed me, I am soooo disappointed.
That will be over $4000 CAD. With no lenses. And without the availability of a 15-30 equivalent (yet recommended for landscape) The 24-105 is $1300 and is ƒ4. The 70-200 is also $1700 and is ƒ4.
So essentially we are taking about a camera with over $8k CAD, over $7k USD, with two F4 lenses and no legacy glass? Since the Pentax K-1 had the 15-30, 24-70, 70-20, 150-450, and tons of legacy glass when released, I'm astounded I haven't seen one comment about the lack of available glass for this camera, or the suitability of what's available. The standard kit for pro glass is the above. The only lens I see there that I would consider a pro lens is the 50 1.4 and it's 2,297 USD. And people complained about the DFA*50 1.4 being expensive.
$10,000 for everything available and no 15-30. If Pentax did this, the name calling around the world would be decisive, loud and constant." no lens support".
Panasonic is probably my second favourite camera company, even though I currently don't own one. I regularly purchased them for my digital media courses.
So my first questions is, where are the images that would justify such expense? Given that my K-1 is serious overkill, my feeling is this a a system of interest to only really serious pros in niche markets. There is absolutely nothing it could do that would justify that kind of cost for me personally. I hope they do well, I've always liked Panasonic. But wholey moley.
I fear they've lost their minds.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
04-22-2019, 07:32 AM
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I can't find any evidence you can actually buy this camera. The fact that the projected release date was March 18, I'm thinking there might be some issues we haven't been told about. Including whether the above mentioned feature works as designed.
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