On 4/27/2010 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Cory Waters wrote:
Is it just me or is there like no buzz about any forthcoming replacement
for the K-7? It just seems that there's been a new camera on the
horizon about this time the last few years. They've been churning out
the P&S cameras pretty quickly lately and there are these colorful KX
bodies.. maybe they figured to let the K-7 simmer a while.
Problem is, what am I supposed to obsess about? I still want a K-7 to
replace my K10 but certainly most who would buy one have one already and
the new body should be here to kick-start the obsessions again...
Ah, well... back to computer stuff.
Seems like ages, but the K7 has been out for less than a year at this
point. The one we saw at GFM last June was pre-production. I think
they hit the market in July. So perhaps we'll hear about a replacement
in the fall if they're following 18-month development cycles.
There were rumors about something just after the 645D anouncement, but
they seem to have damped out. I expect that's because unless Pentax
goes to a ~24x36mm sensor, there's not much more except bells and
whistles that can be added to the K-7, (well better high ISO performance
or more Megapixels but that seems to come at a cost in detail resolution
if you do both). I suppose Pentax could join the FPS race and try to
match or exceed the D300 and 7D but that seems unlikely as well.
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