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Pentax Interview at CES
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There's always this guy for Pentax to market too. ^
biggest advantage is control of dog, but with medium format u have more control much much better iq. a camera with 20 or 30 million pixel costing 4 k would be a nice add to the line up. a new full frame mean a new lens line up, how many years we had to wait to have 5 6 top grade lenses at this moment?
k5 and DA* are perfect for pentax market. ricoh simply should keep on this path and maybe add some ricoh product, like a k module.
if i need full frame i can buy nikon or canon.
k5 and DA* are perfect for pentax market. ricoh simply should keep on this path and maybe add some ricoh product, like a k module.
if i need full frame i can buy nikon or canon.
Not "totally useless", there really are advatages in FF but they are not necessary for most shooters, including the vast majority craving or already shooting FF.
Anyways, this wil surely cause a lot of "Pentax is doomed"reactions.
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i hope to be wrong and maybe ricoh will surprise me, but i really cannot understand all the critics towards hoya, and happiness for the ricoh acquisition.
all in all hoya produced did things right.
all in all hoya produced did things right.
Sean Nelson
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Pentax is in the MF market because, even though it is a niche catergoy they have legacy experience in that area and there was little to no competition at the price point where they could offer products.
Pentax is NOT in the FF market because it too is a niche category, but one in which there is already very strong competition.
Pentax is in the APS-C market because it's much more of a mainstream product with plenty of volume where they can be profitable even with only a small percentage of the total sales.
In other words: Pentax competes in those markets where they think they can make money. Not competing in the FF market doesn't mean that FF is dead or has limitations, it just means that it's an upscale market with a lot fewer sales and very strong competition - not a very inviting place to hang out your shingle.
Wow, that was an exiting interview.....................and Pentax even had the gaul to place it on their facebook page !!!! Lol.......laughable really, poor guy was hamstrung
Guess I will have to stand by previous comments on other threads, that they have a lot to do and deal with............damned if you do have a table at every show or damned if you don't.
Guess I will have to stand by previous comments on other threads, that they have a lot to do and deal with............damned if you do have a table at every show or damned if you don't.
sfa1966
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Don't need a full frame camera for that. Just use a leash and muzzle.
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Kesha270057
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I want one!!
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In that case I suggest you move on to Nikon or Canon as I will be doing. I seriously doubt there is any chance of Pentax changing their approach.
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Raist3d
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their strategy on their line ups asap. Seems like there are some exciting projects on the table but moving forward depends on this.
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Raist3d
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The camera you call an instant fail was voted #1 for 2011 over any other camera at dc impress japan. While that's just internet voting and may not reflect average Joe, I don't think it can be simply dismissed as instant fail.
Also in Japan it has indeed moved some units though I wonder overall how profitable. But some people look at it for fun, others - the street photographer can see a benefit. Others say "small sensor so it s*cks" as a knee jerk reaction.
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Raist3d/Ricardo (Photographer, software dev.)- "You are taking life too seriously if it bugs you in some way that a guy quotes himself in the .sig quote" - Ricardo
That was the usual sales rep. talk. "Our products are good the way they are, we don't care about the people who wants more manual control in video or tethered software, because we believe they're a minority."
But in the meanwhile, some Pentax shooters tired to wait for long tele lenses, tethered solutions, decent video capabilities, a FF DSLR or a large sensor mirrorless ILC are jumping the fence. Not that it matters much, since new buyers replace the ones that are gone. But that can't help much grabbing more market shares. Still, profit matters more than market shares, so as long as the company is profitable, there's no reason to grab added market shares. Except maybe looking like a leading brand instead of an underdog brand.
Anyway, if Pentax users complains about a feature found on a competitor's product, the executives at Pentax will give them their sales rep. talk, saying that "if a competitor's product is doing something a Pentax product can't do, it's not because the Pentax product lacks something: it's simply because that competitors' products are actually doing something not so useful, that only a small minority of people want."
Maybe that's why more than 75% of advertisements, TV series, short films, full length feature films and videoclips shot on DSLRs are shot on Canon EOS DSLRs (most of the rest being shot on Nikon DSLRs). Because there are only a minority of people shooting stuff that goes beyond YouTube and the like.
Yep, lack manual control in video is not a big deal. Tethered solutions are not a priority. Neither is FF. But the Pentax Q is great, just like all our existing product.
Sigh.
That said, this is not a Pentax-only problem. All camera and electronics companies executives gave similar, sales rep. talk in the past, and they are still giving such sales rep. talk today.
"We believe the D700 doesn't need a video upgrade or more megapixels, since only a minority of buyers are looking into video or more resolution as a major selling point. And the D7000 has both video and higher resolution, so users who feel the D700 doesn't meet their criteria can bla-bla-bla."
Or "The AF system of the 5D MkII is great for what the camera was designed for, which is landscape, portrait and studio photography in good light. The fact that the 7D, a camera worth $1000 less than the 5D MkII, has a better AF system, is actually because of a differenciation between the intended usage of the 7D vs. the 5DII. We believe the 5D MkII's AF system is very capable in most bla-bla-bla."
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geoffcole
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Greyser
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Even small enough and good wide open 400/5.6 wouldn't hurt.
Hi folks,
regarding the thetered shooting with Pentax camera's.
Use this latest version 6.0 of PKTheter (freeware application), works fine.
http://www.pktether.com/
Regards
Dizze
regarding the thetered shooting with Pentax camera's.
Use this latest version 6.0 of PKTheter (freeware application), works fine.
http://www.pktether.com/
Regards
Dizze
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Raist3d
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the K-5 is the smallest weather sealed DSLR with great photographer centric controls, best DR of all measured cameras so far (though that should finally change soon), and best in class high ISO performance, but things like that, somehow, don't seem to matter as to whether Pentax did a good job or not.
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janneman02
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buscuits help too....
OTOH the neighbours cat will spoil everything you have achieved.
but that is a one time only issue, no cat left afterwards...
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welshwizard
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I am hankering after a FL in that range...plus a TC...perhaps the delay in its appearnace might have something to do with PRIC trying to get AF working - I was expecing a leap in AF from K20D to K-5, it's still very ponderous.
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