On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:26 AM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you go to B&H photo and do a search on Pentax K then sort the result by > price, after passing over the two top items which are long lenses, you can > get a pretty good idea of the actual prices of their camera bodies, and their > place in the lineup. > > Body only prices > > K-3 variants hovering at about $1200. > > The K5IIs still in the line at about $1000, (currently on sale for about $650. Based on past product cycles, I strongly doubt that the K-5iis is still in production; I think we are seeing the sell-off of inventory. > > The K-S1 at $750. > > The K-50 at $450. > > The K-500 at $400 with 18-55 L lens, not available body only. > > However the K-s1 with that lens is only $50 dollars more so the K500 body > estimated retail would be $350. > > I don't know, for the serious photographer, the K-s1 looks a lot like > inexpensive* body jewelery. The K50, heck even the K500, if you don't need > weather sealing, is tempting as an inexpensive backup for a K-5IIs or even a > K-3. Though at the sale price, the K5IIs is an even more compelling > inexpensive backup for the K-3. The K-S1 not so much. > > What I'm really hoping is this doesn't turn into another K-01. I doubt that > Ricoh will produce another mirrorless K mount based on what must have been > disappointing sales world wide. The K-01 only sold well at discontinuation > because the price became so attractive. Sadly I think that Ricoh is again > missing the point. > > > *Yes, I meant inexpensive. > > > On 8/28/2014 9:20 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >> Thanks for passing that along, Stan. >> >> This camera has the potential to be like that song that you just hate >> on first listen and a couple of weeks later you can't stop singing it. >> I think we can see where it is being placed in the line-up with that >> "mid-level customer" phrase. This tells me that we will still see the >> excellent 16MP model(s?) for a while at the lower entry levels. so we >> are at least seeing a MP spread (which is important more to the >> marketing guys: 16, 20, 24). >> >> This camera is aimed at the younger, probably skewed more to the >> female, demographic - as are most of the models with the multi-color >> options. If they wanted to sell a bunch more in the United States, >> they would make them available in NFL and college team colors. >> (Seriously. Steeler Nation would eat up a Black & Gold model and I'm >> sure a lot of other sports fans would do the same.) >> >> This model is going to be $200-250 higher than the lowest entry level >> model and $200-250 under the K-3. It seems to be using a lot of the >> technology innovated and implemented for the K-3 like the AA filter >> simulator. I am curious if it also contains all of the K-3 autofocus >> modes and whether it also is FluCard compatible (albeit with one >> slot). I just suspect that if the FluCard capabilities are going to be >> continued to be developed, we are going to have to see it work in more >> than one model. >> >> I also wonder how long the K-3 will remain the flagship DSLR. >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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.
