On 4/27/2010 11:04 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
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.
They could produce the K7 in a variety of colors. :)
Someone once pointed out that Pentax seems to alternate usability and
performance updates (one might argue on the term upgrade with any
particular usability feature).
I doubt that the form factor will change from the K7. It's something
that too many people like.
At the moment, they're selling a lot of K-xen because of the high-ISO
performance. They could see that as sabotaging K7 sales, or they could
assume that while people won't buy a bottom end camera after buying the
high end camera, if they sell as may K-xen as they can, then people are
more likely to get the high end body sooner afterwards. So they can
delay the K7 replacement for a while longer, sell more K-xen and have
more time to spend on development of performance boosts for the K-x.
However, I doubt that they think that strategically.
Another question is whether they'll go for incremental improvements in
areas like autofocus, or if they are ever going to just start over with
a fresh design and look for a huge improvement.
The alternative is that Pentax could be devoting all of their
engineering resources to the 645D series.
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