RiceHigh's Pentax Blog: Interview with the Managing Director of Pentax Europe, Mr. Hiroshi Onoda

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Interview with the Managing Director of Pentax Europe, Mr. Hiroshi Onoda

The original interview is posted here:-

http://www.pentaxeros.com/index.php?ind=news&op=news_show_single&ide=135

(Babelfish translated article for the interview can be read Here)

Our the *Only* "Pentaxian of the Year" (2008), Mr. Lance Blackburn, has posted also some of his comments and guesses over the DPR, most of which I think are quite sensible and it's worth to take a look:-

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=35222396

(N.B. "The other forum post" as quoted by Lance is this one. It seems that Lance has been very careful for not mentioning the PentaxForums at the DPR! ;-) Commercial competition is just so cruel, anyway!)

So, it's Official now! Let's wait for that higher model (above the K-7, or simply a K-7 replacement - the K-7 successor is going to be stronger than the K-7, right?).

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Enche Tjin · 775 weeks ago

I wish it will be a new sensor, faster continuous shooting and improved AF :D

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RiceHigh 110p · 775 weeks ago

Me too! (But who didn't? :-))

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Seraf · 775 weeks ago

It's just to obvious for pentax;) i think they'll make k- 3d camera:P

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razoneterea 1p · 775 weeks ago

What would make a killer camera for me, would be the k-7 upgraded in the following areas:

- A sensor that is at least as good as that in the k-x
- 1.00x magnification and 100% coverage viewfinder
- Split circle focusing screen as default

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Whitewash · 774 weeks ago

Lance sure has changed his tune. It wasn't that long ago that he was saying that the market share for a Pentax FF was miniscule and that it would be suicidal for Pentax to produce one. He actively argued against anyone that suggested Pentax needed a FF camera to keep advanced users in the brand. How things change.

Personally I think Lance has sniffed a possibility of a Pentax FF camera and he is promoting it so that when they do release one he can claim to have "coined" the term Pentax Full Frame and claim one as the second Pentaxian of the year award.

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RiceHigh 110p · 774 weeks ago

Well put, Whitewash! :-D