Makes sense to me. The K30 was cut after a year too. Maybe they are ramping up to a 1 year product cycle. Though I think the k3 will be around for a while.
On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am rather surprised that K-5 ii has been discontinued after just about > 1 year of production. > Yes, I know that it was a successor for K-5, but still... > It looks like Ricoh is trying to boost up the revenue by cutting off the > less expensive items in favor of the new ones (K-3, HD lenses, etc.) > > > The facts about current availability of K-5 ii: > As P.J. noted, B&H lists it as discontinued, Adorama does not have it > listed at all. (Both list K-5 IIs as available.) > Pentax-imaging.com (err, rocih-imaging.com) still lists both > K-5 II and IIs. However, if you click on "buy" K-5 II, it offers > just a kit. > > Amazon still has a few sellers listing K-5 II from $697, > and K-5 IIs starting from $792. > > Best regards, > > Igor > > > -- > 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.
