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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-18-2018, 03:03 PM
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That's the thing. If one wants to recover development costs you need to sell at a price point that will allow this at the unit numbers that are likely to sell.
How many Sony killers will Pentax sell in a shrinking market that is dominated by a behemoth that is willing to buy the market?
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Forum: Pentax Mirrorless Cameras
06-18-2018, 09:40 AM
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Some people feel that Pentax has been digging their own grave for some 30 years now. Some people feel mirrorless is the future, some feel it is a passing fad, and some feel that cell phone cameras will put both in the grave that Pentax has so kindly dug.
I don't see mirrorless as having that many advantages. The only one I've found is for using non automated lenses. I've found that my Fuji X-T1 is better with pre A series lenses than my Pentax DSLR is.
I have doubts that most people who are buying into mirrorless are doing so with the intention of using glass from the 1970s, so the advantage, while there, is likely not being utilized to any great extent.
---------- Post added 06-18-18 at 10:47 AM ----------
The part about increasing market share is FUD. The camera industry as a whole is now in serious decline, and the market for interchangeable lens cameras is going upscale. As the market becomes more and more eroded by the cell phone, we will see the demise of the inexpensive stand alone camera, be it mirrorless or optical viewfinder. Pentax moving into the mirrorless market would be as an also ran, not as a contender. There is virtually nothing to be gained, and very much to lose by entering mirrorless at this point.
Note that both the big players have dipped their toes in the pool but have not jumped in. This is a good indication that there is nothing to be made at this point with mirrorless.
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