On Fri., Apr. 2, 2021, 2:25 p.m. Mark C, <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
> On 3/31/2021 12:52 PM, Bill wrote: > > > > The fixed LCD screen was planned from the get go. The camera is built > > around an apparently fantastic viewfinder. > > I suspect Ricoh knows their market, and knows that their customer > > already has an external battery charger. > > A reviewer on Peta Pixel was very impressed with the viewfinder and > commented that developing it must of been a considerable effort. I have > no idea what it takes to build a better finder, but it may be that > Pentax is really serious about people wanting to use optical finders vs > EVF's and decided to build the camera around this feature. Hopefully > there is really a market segment motivated by super nice view finders. > The camera does look impressive. > > Mark > I wonder if some of what they are doing is prepping for when they are the only game in town if one wants an SLR? I can see Canon and Sony going 100% mirrorless within a few years. I think it's been 6 years since Sony last introduced an SLR, they did a pellicle mirror camera in 2016. I believe everything from them since has been mirtorless. History tells me that Canon will drop the EF mount sooner rather than later. I expect that in 5 years Canon won't be making SLR cameras or lenses. Nikon will probably keep an SLR in their line up, but I don't anticipate a lot of new SLR models from them in the future. There are enough people for whom the EVF is literally a headache that the SLR market will have customers. bill > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
