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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-19-2013, 03:35 PM
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Not sure what dealer markup on this is. Has to be something. Even if it is zero (which it is not) this is a great deal. So great that I don't understand why it is not just added to the camera price and added automatically. Say Pentax gets $15 for it just for argument.
What sounds better:
1) A new camera with a 3 year warranty that costs $15 more or
2) A new camera with a 1 year warranty that you can buy an extended warranty for
I think this is USA only and other countries have different warranty periods, but this has always stuck out as particularly dumb in my mind. I always buy the extra 2 years, it's worth it. But from a marketing view just giving it a 3 year warranty is much more powerful.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-08-2013, 09:03 PM
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Interesting perspective by Thom. Despite all the clamor here for a Pentax FF, perhaps Ricoh is targeting their competition's weakness by focusing on being THE best APS-C lineup. Ricoh sees numbers and trends we do not, so perhaps they have recognized that there is a market to exploit. Just precisely where Thom stated:
Makes a lot more sense to capitalize on an area where the competition is weak than to risk a lot by going head to head with them at their strong point...;)
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-08-2013, 07:57 PM
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I think I disagree with him on this as well. Designing your own built-in WiFi is re-inventing the wheel. Licensing an existing WiFi solution and building on top of that, is well, NOT re-inventing the wheel.
According to their website Flu-Card has been around for awhile but the web-site has not been updated since 2011, when they announced the availability of an SDK. Maybe the availability of the SDK or the willingness of the Flu-Card people to help develop the tethering app was the reason they were selected over Eye-Fi?
According to the website their apps will work with iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. But this is for the Flu-Card apps, not necessarily any tethering software developed by Pentax.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-08-2013, 09:23 AM
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+1 I looked on his site to find a contact link but could not see it. I don't go there often so I'm not too familiar with how his site works though. Thanks for writing him.
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-08-2013, 09:02 AM
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I don't understand his comment about bracketing steps. The k-5 does bracketing in up to 5 images in 1 or 2 stops intervals if you want. Maybe I'm missing something?
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