On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:12:31PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:55:00PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > > > What next flagship? I don't expect anything better than the K-7 to > > show up for at least the next 3 to 5 years. Beyond that is too far > > away to be making any kind of predictions. > > 3 to 5 years of no upgrades just due to better sensors and faster image > engine chips becoming available, if nothing else? This doesn't seem > highly plausible, somehow.
I expect a mid-life kicker (a K-7n?) in perhaps eighteen months. But that's likely to sell for not a lot more than the K-7, which by then will probably be selling a bit cheaper that it is today. I'd expect a new revision of the sensor, and several small tweaks, but not much else; much as I'd like it, I doubt if we'd see a faster shutter. Perhaps we'll see an improved grip with a live card socket, and even a wireless/bluetooth connectivity option. > > > The next Pentax bodies will be sold on (low) price, not on features. > > They're busy staking out "small", "tough", and "good value" as their > chunk of the feature space. That's not consistent with a plan to > compete on price, which would be crazy anyway. We pretty much agree, I think; I should have said price/performance (or, for those pedants among us, performance/price :-). But I see Pentax as more likely to do that by lowering the price for close to the current performance levels (although there is room for two models between the K-m and the K-7, at the $600-$700 and $900 price points). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
