08-06-2010, 09:10 PM
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Considering the NEX ergonomical failure (at least for their first incarnation and FOR ME, my opinion), Nikon rumors of a x2.7 crop camera, the silence of Canon, my totally partial denial of Samsung products, this sounds quite exciting to me! that is if we think of typical Pentax know-how for small designs :-O
Oh well, I'm just bored I guess.
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I expect most camera makers will offer such a light-weight, display-based camera soon. Live view may be preferable for the average person anyway, and it might make the transition to an SLR easier. Like it or not, the pentaprism is an expensive component to design for.
THK apparently saved Pentax from bankruptcy to gain access to the accessory market in the British isles where Pentax was a strong brand. But looking at this from a business perspective, there are too many makers in the market already, Pentax is among the weakest brands overall, and selling off the Pentax lens designs and other technology may make a lot of sense in 5-8 years.
My expectation is that THK will continue to make point-and-shoots under the Pentax brand, but may wind down the SLR side of the business after a few more go-rounds. The medium format business would probably have been sold off already if there were any buyers. So while there may be a few future SLRs out of Pentax, I don't know that the brand has much of a long-term future in the SLR business.
Scott
Discuss <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />Considering the NEX ergonomical failure (at least for their first incarnation and FOR ME, my opinion), Nikon rumors of a x2.7 crop camera, the silence of Canon, my totally partial denial of Samsung products, this sounds quite exciting to me! that is if we think of typical Pentax know-how for small designs :-O
Oh well, I'm just bored I guess.
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I expect most camera makers will offer such a light-weight, display-based camera soon. Live view may be preferable for the average person anyway, and it might make the transition to an SLR easier. Like it or not, the pentaprism is an expensive component to design for.
THK apparently saved Pentax from bankruptcy to gain access to the accessory market in the British isles where Pentax was a strong brand. But looking at this from a business perspective, there are too many makers in the market already, Pentax is among the weakest brands overall, and selling off the Pentax lens designs and other technology may make a lot of sense in 5-8 years.
My expectation is that THK will continue to make point-and-shoots under the Pentax brand, but may wind down the SLR side of the business after a few more go-rounds. The medium format business would probably have been sold off already if there were any buyers. So while there may be a few future SLRs out of Pentax, I don't know that the brand has much of a long-term future in the SLR business.
Scott