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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-30-2018, 05:49 AM
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How many years and years did Nikon shooters wait for the D500 to replace the D300s ? When Nikon gave them the D7000, the users squawked even more than some here when Ricoh/Pentax gave us the KP... and R/P don't have Nikons r&d budget or production faciities.
All things considered, with the availability of what we can buy on the street at the moment, and roadmap, the advanced amateur / hobbiest or landscape photog should be able to do just fine. If you are a pro sports pro sports photog, you have prolly moved on a long time ago and not part of the current user base. I don't see an issue here.
Vote with your dollars and your feet, but all this hand wringing about copying what other companies do as a must-have to survive just seems foolhardy. If R/P is happy with current profits and sales pace, and they will keep the camera division alive, I'll be happy enough. Meanwhile we may be watching all the lemmings go over a financial cliff while they fight among each other for early adopter dollars of people who have to be constantly on the buying cycle.
It is a hard call if you want/need new items... but I'm not sure it warrants the gloom and doom.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
09-25-2018, 10:17 AM
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A few idea's for questions...
"Will there be any more parallel FW updates released for the K-1 when released for the K-1 MkII, for features, AF performance, & fixes, not just new lens updates? And for how much longer, or is the K-1 essentially done?"
"Will Pentax USA be seeing any new initiatives for local reps to assist with customer relations, advertising, product placement, etc either via YouTube, the Pentax website, or outlets?"
"Is there any plan to ramp up production speed, and any new initiatives to have 3rd party vendors market K-mount A/F glass and accessories?"
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