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Post by JohnY on Jun 19, 2024 15:53:45 GMT
I expect that all the first few months' supply of Nikon V 6 III will have been pre-ordered within a few hours of orders being opened.
The opening price on that is £2699 compared to discounted price of £3289 for the well established Z 8.
I will not be buying a Pentax 17 at any price. I might consider the Z 6 III when the price has dropped a bit.
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Post by zou on Jun 19, 2024 17:00:05 GMT
They've stopped accepting preorders in Japan as demand is too high.
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Post by JohnY on Jun 19, 2024 19:21:04 GMT
They've stopped accepting preorders in Japan as demand is too high. Wot? Pentax 17? That's what this thread is about. |
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Post by zou on Jun 19, 2024 19:23:20 GMT
They've stopped accepting preorders in Japan as demand is too high. Wot? Pentax 17? That's what this thread is about. Yes. |
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Post by Ivor E Tower on Jun 19, 2024 21:07:40 GMT
I read that the launch price in the USA was USD499, so why is it also 499 in GBP?
Whatever, its too expensive for me to contemplate buying one, and I'm not sure I'd buy another film camera anyway
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Post by nickr on Jun 20, 2024 5:05:51 GMT
I read that the launch price in the USA was USD499, so why is it also 499 in GBP? Whatever, its too expensive for me to contemplate buying one, and I'm not sure I'd buy another film camera anyway Well for one thing, the UK price includes VAT, whereas the IS price is subject to sales tax on top of that price. Then there's the fact that the UK is simply more expensive to do business in for a variety of reasons. Which doesn't change the fact that this pricing is absurd. |
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Post by geoffr on Jun 20, 2024 6:38:47 GMT
I read that the launch price in the USA was USD499, so why is it also 499 in GBP? Whatever, its too expensive for me to contemplate buying one, and I'm not sure I'd buy another film camera anyway I am really out of touch with pricing for new cameras so I can’t say whether £500 is representative. What I can say is that buying a compact film camera isn’t on my “to do” list, my Olympus XA serves that function. However, I haven’t used the XA for many years. My experience of Pentax is somewhat mixed, the ME Super might have been advanced when it was introduced but by the mid ‘90s, when I was given one, it was decidedly old school. It didn’t help that I was comparing it with the Nikon F5 which was my main camera at the time. Simply, for me the Pentax 17 is the wrong camera, it might be the right camera for others. Sufficient to say that a return to film photography isn’t something I am contemplating but even if I were, I still have that XA, two F5s and an F90. I like the idea of someone bucking the trend and I hope Pentax survives but I won’t be adding my support. |
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Post by andy on Jun 20, 2024 11:53:28 GMT
Considering how much high quality film cameras were 20 or so years ago £499 doesn't seem unreasonable today. There were plenty digital compacts that cost more, had crummy lenses and took about a week to take a picture.
Ps. I quite like the look of Pentax's new rugged digital compact.
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Post by Chester PB on Jun 20, 2024 16:43:44 GMT
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Post by nimbus on Jun 20, 2024 17:14:54 GMT
Apparently quite a high proportion of films that are left for processing in the USA are never collected, I suspect the ratio here will probably rise amongst buyers of this camera. It may be a case of being seen with one, rather than actually producing anything with it. |
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Post by zx9 on Jun 20, 2024 21:31:58 GMT
Ancient Canon Demi or a Pen EE v. new Pentax 17, no contest. These people have disposable income and are not film virgins, if you can afford the running costs of Instax ... |
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Post by zou on Jun 20, 2024 21:51:55 GMT
I've yet to see anyone slagging off the Z6iii with posts about how any old DSLR can be bought for a fraction of the price etc. etc. Wonder why?
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Post by John Farrell on Jun 21, 2024 1:08:13 GMT
I've yet to see anyone slagging off the Z6iii with posts about how any old DSLR can be bought for a fraction of the price etc. etc. Wonder why? I would buy a Canon RP... |
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Post by geoffr on Jun 21, 2024 6:19:56 GMT
I've yet to see anyone slagging off the Z6iii with posts about how any old DSLR can be bought for a fraction of the price etc. etc. Wonder why? Quite possibly because no DSLR can match its video performance and, apparently, the biggest selling point now is video. Plenty of posts on DPReview from people finding fault, despite obvious never having so much as touched one (it won’t be available for another week, 28 June 24). Pentax cameras are very definitely aimed at stills photographers. |
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Post by spinno on Jun 21, 2024 6:30:36 GMT
I've yet to see anyone slagging off the Z6iii with posts about how any old DSLR can be bought for a fraction of the price etc. etc. Wonder why? Quite possibly because no DSLR can match its video performance and, apparently, the biggest selling point now is video. Plenty of posts on DPReview from people finding fault, despite obvious never having so much as touched one (it won’t be available for another week, 28 June 24). Pentax cameras are very definitely aimed at stills photographers. The one perfect camera doesn't exist. By that I mean that it does the best stills, video, in camera gizmos etc. They are all a compromise. Nobody has yet reviewed the video function on the new Pentax... |
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