One year ago, the K-7 was announced and launched. I helped Pentax to make an unofficial full product launch release 1 day+ before and actually more than 1 month before for the pre-notice.
Now, one year has elapsed. What Pentax/Hoya has gained with the K-7? What achievement has they made with this K-7 "flagship"? Is the K-7 a successful model? Has it helped Pentax? Is it the real honour for we fellow Pentaxians? Which model is actually most important for Pentax throughout the year and keep the brand alive and keep Hoya in (DSLR) business with the brand Pentax?
Well, I think most of us have the clear answers for the above questions, objectively. Obviously, it is not the K-7!
Whilst Pentax has just told us officially that the K-7 replacement or upper class model is coming, I hope Pentax/Hoya should and could do it right and could success this time! ..instead of another failure. But they should act faster and in a more accurate way in response to the market needs and trend. In fact, we do not really need Pentax/Hoya to tell us everything or anything on what they will do. If you are having a more careful mind, actually guessing and knowing their next move is not that difficult, provided that they have decided something. For instance, I was able to predict the K-7 model would come to an end last time when they launched the K-7 Silver Limited, three months ago back to February! =Victory=
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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Seraf · 773 weeks ago
K7 was not meant to be a hi volume camera, it's obvious that this one was KX. But we can't say that it's a peace of junk.
Maybe i'm not objective becouse i own a K7 and it's just my second DSLR ( first was k10 ) but I feel that K7 has changed a lot the game that pentax gives.
Oh and i think that K7 would be have been more succesfull if pentaxians weren't always looking for the best deal. In my opinion the pentax fans usually talk about better and better but still buy the cheapest camera. Hoya knows it, and they release camera's with that in mind
RiceHigh 110p · 773 weeks ago
One thing I want to amend is: Hoya should not sell lenses at those high prices that they are asking for now. This will just kill themselves and Pentax in the end!
Seraf · 773 weeks ago
lurker · 773 weeks ago
Seriously I think they are pricing themselves out of the market. But they cannot sell at a loss either. And if they don't make a profit with the lense, why do business at all?
Manu · 773 weeks ago
Sadly the Tokina variant for Canon and Nikon mounts is also much cheaper (I know it's not WR and SDM, but still...)
Allways + · 772 weeks ago
cheekygeek 2p · 772 weeks ago