Ricoh Interview – Sales of SLR’s are on a Downward Trend

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I wanted to come up with a snarky title and some came to mind, but in a way, I just feel a little bad for Ricoh. I wish they decided to join in on the fun with mirrorless. They make some great innovative cameras, and the mirrorless world would be better with them.

Ricoh Interview - Sales of SLR’s are on a Downward Trend

I wanted to come up with a snarky title and some came to mind, but in a way, I just feel a little bad for Ricoh. I wish they decided to join in on the fun with mirrorless. They make some great…

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The GR III seems to have a cult following on the internet, which seems to be skewing my perception of Ricohs success.

 

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As an active film fanatic with my own darkroom, I am sad to confirm what I thought about the pentax 17, being a half frame is a niche of a niche ....
I never understood that choice, but I always think they know more than me... yep sometimes they get it wrong, I know. I honestly hope sales pick up, which is possible but unlikely, I'd like to see them bring out a successor camera to the Pentax MX, though I doubt that will ever happen.

ust my thoughts.


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The Pentax 17... I bought this camera, then sent it back. I really want a half frame camera, and this thing looked great. And for the $599 price, I was expecting to get a "real" camera. It was really a letdown when opening the package to get a plastic camera that feels like it's made out of $35 in parts. A little better than the Kodak which feels like it's made out $4.99 worth of parts I suppose, but Pentax really dropped the ball on this. To charge so much and deliver a plastic fantastic? No thanks.. So, so disappointed.

 

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charly1d said:

As an active film fanatic with my own darkroom, I am sad to confirm what I thought about the pentax 17, being a half frame is a niche of a niche ....
I never understood that choice, but I always think they know more than me... yep sometimes they get it wrong, I know. I honestly hope sales pick up, which is possible but unlikely, I'd like to see them bring out a successor camera to the Pentax MX, though I doubt that will ever happen.

ust my thoughts.


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i had a half frame camera "way back when" I can't remember much about it, so I would assume I didn't like the format back then either.

 

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The Pentax 17... To charge so much and deliver a plastic fantastic? No thanks.. So, so disappointed.

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Unfortunately, it’s inevitable.
Back in 1979 in the UK the beautiful little Pentax MX and ME cameras cost £199.99 with the 40mm f/2.8 ‘standard’ lens. Accounting for inflation that would now be about £1000. Then add the vast difference in unit sales of a niche film camera today compared with the masses of 1979, and I guess a genuine Pentax MX built to genuinely the same standard as the original would have to cost at least £2000 to be viable today.

 

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Sporgon said:

Unfortunately, it’s inevitable.
Back in 1979 in the UK the beautiful little Pentax MX and ME cameras cost £199.99 with the 40mm f/2.8 ‘standard’ lens. Accounting for inflation that would now be about £1000. Then add the vast difference in unit sales of a niche film camera today compared with the masses of 1979, and I guess a genuine Pentax MX built to genuinely the same standard as the original would have to cost at least £2000 to be viable today.

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• It also appears that customers looking for SLR cameras are mainly elderly people.

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This comment is telling. SLR's were approximately 15% of the market in 2023 and currently around 12% of the market in 2024. If the main segment buying them are elderly then they probably won't be upgrading to mirrorless in the future.

 

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