Maybe the K30 is the replacement for the K5, and the new one is higher end.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Darren, he's comparing the relatively complex Leica to his ultra simple > design. > > Always fun to hear the thoughts of industrial designers, > even/especially student ones. > > > How can the K-5 be discontinued *before* a replacement upgrade model > is introduced? Isn't that a marketing faux pas? Or is it a clever way > to create demand for the now onsolete kit and get it moving? Hmmm. > > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Some design student's half effort. He forgot to take the Leica X2 off >> this image: >> http://s3.amazonaws.com/v6.production.assets/1344803869900-NOZZWGSUE68OZ0090NMI >> >> In other news... it appears that the K-5 is really discontinued and if >> you wanted one you'd better grab one now before the price starts >> upwards again. >> Currently, you can buy a new body on that infernal auction site for as >> little as $849. B&H is showing it as "discontinued". >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> http://www.minimallyminimal.com/2012/8/12/pentax-si.html >>> >>> -- >>> -bmw >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> "The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's >> own, is to get over the confusion >> by which we think that fact is real and imagination an illusion. It is >> the other way around." >> >> -Thomas Moore, "Original Self" >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
