On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 8:59 AM John <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
