Pentax/Ricoh is probably working on a FF body. They will never be as fast as Nikon or Canon, and Apple/Google would just absorb them. I really think that Ricoh is the best we could have hoped for in that they actually want to make cameras.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu <alexandru.sa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Collin Brendemuehl > <coll...@brendemuehl.net> wrote: >> It's difficult for me to conclude anything except that Pentax >> just does not have the capacity to produce anything more advanced. >> All the buyer gets is a few tweaks. >> Baby steps are not adequate in today's technology world. >> >> They needs a new partner -- someone larger than Ricoh -- who is >> interested in making the company into something great. >> Perhaps Apple or Google will buy the company and run with it right. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Collin Brendemuehl > > Such conclusions are premature; the product we saw so far (from > October 2011) are "Pentax-Hoya" projects. There simply wasn't enough > time (less than a year, including analyzing the business and > formulating a plan) to build a "true" Pentax Ricoh camera. What they > could do was to finish products already in pipeline, including ones > frozen by Hoya (the DA 560mm for example). > Please be patient, next year we should see more interesting stuff. > > I also strongly believe that either Apple or Google would kill Pentax; > photography and gadgets/web content are too different for it to work. > Don't worry, Ricoh will prove to be a good "master". > > -- > Best regards, > Alex Sarbu > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
