The Flagship/Pro Cameras from Pentax

Michael Perham wrote:

Barry Pearson wrote:

Hm! I also have a home studio, and I've used my flagship K-mount cameras and mid-focal-length lenses for that use. And I've shot with a K-3 mounted on a boom arm over the subject, controlled via the FluCard with a laptop.

One of the uses I've envisaged for an FF camera for some time is studio work, where the weight of the camera and its lenses won't be very important. I want to see how the FF camera plus my DA* 55mm f/1.4 works. I bought that lens primarily for portraiture, but in an APS-C camera my studio is barely big enough for it. I think it will work well on an FF camera, given that it is an FF lens.

Barry, I'm not saying you can't use it for studio work, or any other kind of photography. I am just suggesting that Pentax have worked at branding themselves as a field camera and one field of work is not exclusive or another. Just that they have accentuated their weather resistance and ability to function in extreme temperatures etc., features that appeal to those working in landscape and outdoor photography more than the studio photographer.

I know you are not saying it can't be used in a studio!

But do you remember, when the K-3 and FluCard were launched, the following video? (I think it was sponsored by Ricoh) I think Ricoh were positioning the FluCard + K-3 as a studio camera as well.

In the Studio with Pentax K 3

Barry Pearson wrote:

OpticsEngineer wrote:

What have been the cameras made by Pentax that were intended to have all the features a professional would want to have?

I think the list starts with the *ist D, K10D and ends with the K3. But what was in between?

Taking just the K-mount digital cameras:

*istD

K10D

K20D

K-7

K-5

K-5II(s)

K-3

All the rest (I think) were lesser models that co-existed with those.

(I never had the K20D).

I loved my K-20

Fl_Gulfer wrote:

(I never had the K20D).

I loved my K-20

I was just about to buy the K20D (after a delay for some reason). While doing so, I spotted information about the K-7 which was soon to come.

So I pre-ordered the K-7 instead. (I think my K-7 was the 17th on the pre-order list of the UK's biggest Pentax supplier).

Barry Pearson wrote:

I know you are not saying it can't be used in a studio!

But do you remember, when the K-3 and FluCard were launched, the following video? (I think it was sponsored by Ricoh) I think Ricoh were positioning the FluCard + K-3 as a studio camera as well.

In the Studio with Pentax K 3

Yeah, I saw that video when the K3 was introduced.  I even sent a link to my daughter, who is not into photography, but is a ballet dancer.  I wanted her to see what goes into some of those shoots ..though she has had some experience in front of the camera.

Michael Perham wrote:

Barry Pearson wrote:

I know you are not saying it can't be used in a studio!

But do you remember, when the K-3 and FluCard were launched, the following video? (I think it was sponsored by Ricoh) I think Ricoh were positioning the FluCard + K-3 as a studio camera as well.

In the Studio with Pentax K 3

Yeah, I saw that video when the K3 was introduced. I even sent a link to my daughter, who is not into photography, but is a ballet dancer. I wanted her to see what goes into some of those shoots ..though she has had some experience in front of the camera.

I've been think about what you were saying. I wonder if the reason that Ricoh are strongly promoting the speed and sporty aspects of their recent offerings is because they were rubbish at it before?

It was a major promotional feature of the K-3, because at last they had a plausible offering. Whereas everyone knew that Pentax was already pretty good where there wasn't a lot of fast movement.

Perhaps Ricoh are trying to create an impression of supplying all-round equipment?