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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-14-2016, 07:13 AM
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But you haven't posted anything that proves that the data is garbage.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-14-2016, 05:49 AM
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If you have a sample that is a better representation than Flickr and, then post it. What I'm saying is that this is the best data that we have. Is it perfect? No. No data set is perfect. There not reason to believe that the flaws in the date have a greater negative impact on Pentax than Canon or any other brand.
The 3 websites from which the data was collected happen to target the same market segment that Ricoh is going after. Enthusiasts.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 02:10 PM
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Unpopular products typically don't sell. Sales and popularity are linked. When we look at which is more popular iOS or Android we look at units sold. When asking what is the most popular car in your country what are you basing that off of if not sales?
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Flickr and 500px represent a pretty good sample of photography enthusiasts. Enthusiasts are Ricoh's target market. Maybe you can give me another photo-sharing website that is a better, larger representation of photography enthusiasts? We can look at that one as well.
There is no evidence the Flickr as any bias towards or against any brand. Unless you have some you want to share.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 11:12 AM
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It appears that they have. The website that collects the EXIF data from more advanced photo posting sites like Flickr, 500px and Pixabay show that Fuji is #5 behind Sony and the iPhone. The Canon 5DIII was the most used camera and Canon was the top overall brand. These are global results from sites that cover a wide group of active photographers of all experience levels.
So at least when talking about active photographers who use these sites Fuji has surpassed Pentax. https://explorecams.com/stats/global
It has been a few years, but a couple of SEO guys I know were arguing over who was having more success with mirrorless. Fuji or Sony. They ran multiple search analytics to see what brand was generating the most activity on blogs, advertisements, forums, and places I never thought about. When I asked where Pentax ranked in this type of metric, it was pathetically low relative to the other two. This was before the K-1 and 645z which have both helped the brand significantly, but I doubt much has changed.
If you can show some large scale metric with Pentax has surpassed Fuji, I would love to see it.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 10:16 AM
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Yes. Part of it has to do with their financial situation over the past 10 years, but there is no doubt that they have fallen behind in a few key areas and failed to capitalize on the opportunities that they have had. Fuji jumped into the market and surpassed Pentax in just a few short years. Pentax could be where Fuji is today if they would have had the innovation and marketing. Its not to late for Ricoh to release a K-mount mirrorless body based on the LX design with a high quality EVF. All of the manual K glass shooters would love it and with on-sensor PDAF the modern AF glass would still work very well. The technology is finally here to make it a viable option.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 08:28 AM
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True, but I see some of those same people who insisted Ricoh didn't need a FF and that ASP-C was good enough, not criticizing Tony for saying the exact same thing.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-13-2016, 06:49 AM
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There have been quite a few Pentax users who have said the same thing an Tony. I have read post by many, many Pentax users insisting that Pentax needed to focus on APS-C and not build a FF.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
08-06-2016, 07:40 AM
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Yes. I have been disappointed by the AF speed. Optically it's excellent. Ricoh still has some catching up to do. Being that it is their newest in-house designed lens, I was expecting a little better.
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