RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Pentax Q Discontinued?

Monday, April 30, 2012

Pentax Q Discontinued?

It is said that B&H rep told this. See this thread:-

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/183972-pentax-q-discontinued.html

And, Adorama is selling the Q prime kit at $499. On the other hand, UPP is in action for the 02 zoom lens, of which the street price is now raised to $399 from $252 at B&H. That is insane after all for such a kit zoom in asking for such high price, no matter what! >:-(

So, it seems that the Q discontinuation is true and Adorama is trying to clear the last stock for themselves and Pentax. What is next up then?

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Rene · 671 weeks ago

That is a very short life for the Q. I won't be totally surprised however. The K-r was also discontinued in a very short time after release. IMO, the next one to discontinue quickly should be the K-01. Such short lives must be costly for Pentax. Let's hope it is learning from these mistakes and start designing better cameras.

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RiceHigh 110p · 671 weeks ago

Well put, Rene.

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VladimirYo · 671 weeks ago

K-01 doing well in Japan and Asia.

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RiceHigh 110p · 671 weeks ago

This is not correct. At least it is not showing up in the Japanese BCN charts from week to week since marketed:-

http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0008.ht...

For the latest results, K-5 is at the 25th and the Q is at the 42th at best. Where is the K-01?