On 6/9/2011 10:28, Leon Altoff wrote:
Hi Boris,
I don't want to participate in growing the rumors, I'm just curious as
to if there is another camera on the horizon. The Australian dollar
is doing well at the moment and it's possibly a good time to buy a new
camera, but if I buy one and then 2 months later they announce a
camera with even better low light abilities (which is really about the
only thing I can think of to add to the K-5 with the possible
exception of autofocus during videos), I'd feel a little cheated. I
know some people here get access to information and I was hoping to
get just a little suggestion of "Not this year" which seems to be the
consensus of opinion or maybe "Just wait a few months it will be worth
it".
I see. It is very hard to say. I think it mostly depends on the person,
really. Some are content with buying whatever gear they have to choose
from at the moment. Others are more of an early adopter kind. K-5 is a
good, sound, solid camera. Will the next model be better - very likely.
But that's entirely Captain Triviality talk.
If I can't prove an upgrade is on the way by late August I will
probably head out and buy a K5, but I'm more of an early adopter than
buying the end of a line.
I don't think an upgrade is coming within 2 months from now. Mostly I
base my opinion on the fact that both K-7 and K-5 had a lot of PR going
for them before they were introduced. Like the web page that showed a
silhouette of a camera slowly revealing it day by day and rumours and
forum flame wars (which I believe were instigated by some people who
knew but were under NDA and so they played the linguistics games), etc.
It is all quiet now, so it may be that K-5 is here to say for some while.
Boris
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