The president of Ricoh is still positive on the future of Pentax in an interview: https://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/interview/1419830.html
Henk Op wo 13 jul. 2022 om 00:25 schreef John Francis <jo...@panix.com>: > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 03:44:15PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > > News article that says Nikon will be getting out of the DSLR camera > > business. They've recently discontinued their entry-level DSLRs D3500 & > > D5600 models. > > > > Canon already announced their EOS-1D X Mark III is their last > "professional" > > DSLR. > > > > I don't know if this is good news for Pentax? I hope the brand endures. > > I don't see it being good news for Pentax - I don't expect people switching > away from Nikon (or Canon) DSLRs are going to choose to switch to Pentax. > > To be frank, I don't see the DSLR market surviving that much longer, no > matter whose name is on the camera. I expect the K3-iii to be the last > Pentax APS-C body with a mirror; I can see there possibly being one last > kicker to the K-1 line. But after that there probably won't be enough > potential purchasers to recoup development costs on any new bodies that > have a mirror box and optical viewfinder. Any other new bodies that can > accept K-mount lenses (whatever the sensor size) will probably have an > electronic shutter and an electronic viewfinder. That lowers the build > cost for low-end bodies, and allows for faster frame rates, and all sorts > of additional features (remote control with a remote viewfinder, to name > but one) on fancier models. > -- > %(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. > -- %(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.
