Pentax releases firmware updates for K-5 II and K-5 IIs DSLRs

Wait, you mean I can't update the firmware of my 7D to Pentax K-5 IIs?

Me guess Timo is japanese, and a perfect example of monozukuri.

If the Germans made an affordable camera I would.

Hence my point that there are few alternatives other than Japanese makers. This is not an anti-japanese rant persay but just pointing out certain facts, it's no secret that Japanese companies are notoriously hopeless on the software end (let alone their marketing and PR to western markets that generally shows a total lack of understanding and disdain)

Yeah sure Pentax has to update, having owned a Pentax k7 for a number of years I screamed in frustration for manual video controls, p-ttl software improvements and well an improved flash system overall yet absolutely no response from their end, although they brought out their crappy coloured limited and other stupid editions instead for a variety of things.

Japanese management is a lumbering dinosaur (also well known fact) that doesn't like to take on new ideas of give much credit to its mArket feedback or taking feedback from lower people.

@DStudio
Time will tell, but considering how Ricoh has royally botched the chance to make the GXR any sort of success I don't have much faith in them at this stage.

Japanese companies in many cases excluding the likes of Sony, Canon, Nikon and some others are generally hopeless and inept when it comes to any sort of marketing to Western Markets.
Pentax has consistently shown disdain and arrogance in listening to it's customers, the fact it's taken THIS LONG to see an improvement in it's flashes, the fact that is has purposely ignored it's user base regarding simple improvement like manual video, a tele converter is a joke.

They are good at pumping out wanky Japanese market only special editions as that's the monozukuri thing but when it comes to software improvements or anything like that they are useless.

It's reasons like this I wish Apple would jump into the DSLR/CSC market, as they understand you can improve through software not just release new models and hello kitty crap.

@LetsDoTheStapler :
How can you be so blind ? Apple products have been lacking features for years (since Intel-based Mac and iPhone as far as I could say).
Also as one of their former customers from back in the days of "classic" Mac OS (started with 7.5), until Mac OS X 10.4, I can tell you today's Apple Inc. doesn't give a damn about their customers.
Instead, they make you pay for each system upgrade, each piece of software, for each online service, only change is required configuration and system closure. People've been wanting serious MacPro workstation for years with usable and innovating OS, instead they've been dropping PPC support, up until recent abandon of desktop plateform in favor of ARM nonesense.

Also if Pentax's release notes are what your desire for an Apple DSLR originates in, let me link last Apple OS X 10.8.2 update : https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/os-x-mountain-lion/id537386512?mt=12 which says : "general operating system fixes". Come on.