That might make sense if there was any evidence at all that Ricoh has
any interest at all in building an advanced mirrorless camera line.
They had the basis for one and decided do quietly drop it, (and I don't
mean either Pentax product). What this reminds me of more than anything
is the Canon EOS SL but at a higher level.
Pentax was actually gaining traction in the DSLR mindspace with the
K-5/K-3 cameras. In fact a lot of Nikon D300 users actually were
posting a few years ago that those cameras were the true successors to
the D300 that Nikon couldn't be bothered to build.
I wasn't going to voice this but, what it looks to me more than
anything, is that the Nikon D500 frightened Ricoh into ceding the field
of advanced to semi pro APS-C DSLRs to Nikon. Ricoh decided that they
couldn't really compete with Nikon if they decided to build a real
flagship APS-C DSLR, so they're sticking to the advanced amateur level
with features that no one else is bothering with.
I mean just look at the specifications, USB 2.0, the lower specification
SD card/bus speed than any other advanced camera using SD cards. Single
SD card slot, well I assume that because if it were dual slots they'd
surely mention that in the specifications. Slower maximum mechanical
shutter speed, with no mention of a cyclic life longer than 100,000.
Really this is pretty much the mechanics of a K-70 with mostly software
tricks to make it seem like an advanced camera. Sure there are lots of
dials and I kind of like that but the guts of the camera seem to be not
much more than a K-70 with a bigger buffer.
About the only specification that seems to be advanced is the new High
ISO limit.
On 1/25/2017 7:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017, at 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I guess Adorama doesn't realize that the DA 40mm f2.8 isn't a weather
sealed lens...
The fact that it's the replacement for the K-3 series is just a bit
disappointing, actually that's an understatement, but I expected it
probably was...
Perhaps Ricoh is looking to condense its APS-C DSLRs to one capable body
and concentrate seriously on FF for DSLR and mirrorless for APS-C. Just
a thought...
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
On 1/25/2017 5:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Adorama is offering it for $1099. Says it replaces K3 II.
https://www.adorama.com/ipxkpb.html?emailprice=t&utm_source=slgt&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Sale&utm_content=Body&utm_campaign=Email012517PentaxNPA
Paul via phone
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