The camera mass market just isn't there anymore. The only way to survive is sell fewer cameras at much higher prices and hope that you can find enough enthusiasts to buy them. If that fails move onto other products.

Even a smartphone costs £600 plus these days. Apple don't even bother with the lower end of the computer market they can easily get big prices off the fanbuoys

It happened with the film cameras the cheaper brands Practica, Zenith, Chinon etc. just disappeared. I seem to remember Olympus more than doubled the price of their top 35mm body to about £1200 and Pentax did the same. Few people were willing to pay that much so production was stopped.

No one says Rolex should make cheaper watches

It's not April 1st for another two days!

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In 1970 a Spotmatic was about £130.... That's £1,800 in todays money so modern cameras are as Cheap as Chips

Stop whingeing

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The other man's grass grass certainly isn't greener. Off topic but I can't let misleading FUD statements go unanswered. The ART series use electromagnets which cause serious problems....

https://www.diyphotography.net/how-a-sigma-art-lens-messed-up-my-ferrari-photo-s...

The 35mm ART f/1.4 has focus problems on Pentax and other makes

Pentax are quite capable of making their own lenses
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Couldn't resist the Sun Tan Oil

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Leave the C out of McCartney and she'll knock the Crap out of YOU!

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I've never liked the FA-50 f/1.4...... f/1.7's are sharper. The A Series 50mm f/1.4 is however excellent and as good as the f/1.7's

My sharpest 50-58mm (on digital) was a Chinon f/1.4. Unfortunately I don't know where it went to. I've got about 4 of the buggers and the bulging rear element can be problematic and I might have swapped it over on two lenses and now don't know which You have to watch out for flare though with the Chinons. The FA 50mm macro is very sharp.

The new 50mm f/1.4 is mainly for the list tickers

Has anyone checked to see if the K-1 can let more than f/1.7's worth of light through?

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I'll drink to that..... I'll also raise my glass to wish Happy Birthday to .....
Publius Ovidius Naso
Princess Cecily of York
Jerome Emser
Pierino Belli
Balthasar Bekker
Ivan Mazepa
Baron Emanuele d' Astorga
Abdul Hamid I
Franciscus L Kersteman
Ock Ju-Hyun
BeBe Zahara Benet



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Just needs a piece of tape over the battery cover.


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Is this an expensive pair of shoes! If it is they are very nice.... but.... TWO Sizes too big for me!

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