Actually Sigma has a current production, (last I knew at least),
mirrorless camera using their proprietary lens mount. I predicted that
the release of the K01, without an Eye level finder, and it's world wide
meh, reception would insure that no one would ever do that again, but I
was wrong.
Sigma released two beasts, one with a full frame foveon sensor, and a
little brother with a Cannon "APS-H"* sensor foveon sensor IIRC, which
had a world wide meh reception, but I won't predict that Sigma won't
release another of these camera because well, Sigma...
*Not really APS-H but a 1.3 crop 2:3 format, but Cannon called it APS-H
so I guess we're stuck with it.
On 7/14/2020 2:50 AM, Sandy Harris wrote:
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:59 AM John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
I think the DSLR/SLR camera market is dying ...
Yes.
... what product does Pentax (Ricoh) need to come up with to spark a NEW
industry?
I don't think a new film camera is going to be that product.
Agreed.
I don't think mirrorless is that product.
I do. As I see it, mirrorless will replace (D)SLRs much as SLRs
replaced rangefinders some decades back. Of course, just as there are
people using rangefinders today & getting fine pictures with them,
there will no doubt be diehards using DSLRs in 2080.
It would be hard for Pentax to compete in the part of the mirrorless
market that most obviously has a future, full-frame. Canon & Nikon are
well established, & the L-mount Alliance (Panasonic, Leica & Sigma)
will be a player. Maybe, though. Pentax had the only mirrorless so far
without a new lens mount; the K-01 took standard K-mount lenses, a
huge advantage both to the shooter & to the manufacturer. It failed to
sell, I think mainly because it lacked a viewfinder. Would a K-02 with
a full-frame sensor & a viewfinder sell? Would it offer any real
advantage over current Pentax models? (I doubt it)
With the camera market shrinking, Nikon & Canon are likely to put most
of their resources (design, manufacture & advertising) into their new
mirrorless lines. Could Pentax carve out a niche as the best DSLR
left? They already are IMHO.
On 7/13/2020 16:18:45, Henk Terhell wrote:
In my opinion an unrealistic suggestion on fstoppers:
https://fstoppers.com/film/plea-pentax-go-back-making-what-you-were-great-499270
Henk
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