I've been thinking about upcoming cameras from a Pentax-centric point of view. We keep asking for a Pentax "full frame" camera, and the latest rumors seem to have being mirrorless. There are a lot of technical advantages in terms of light path to mirrorless, and there is the advantage of you see what the sensor sees.
But, using K-mount for mirrorless is a kludge. You lose the short registration distance advantage, without kludging lenses that have elements that extend past the mount. But the company isn't Pentax, it's Ricoh. And they have already made an interchangeable lens camera with a well defined, full frame capable, mirrorless mount. The GXR Leica mount module. What if the new high end, full frame sensor, camera coming from Ricoh were not a Pentax mount, but a Leica mount? Ideally a mount that is mechanically compatible with traditional Leica glass, but with contacts for autofocus etc. And what if, just for the hell of it, they also sold an adapter that allowed use of K-mount lenses in full auto focus? Even if it were just full autofocus on the SDM lenses. When you get down to it, Ricoh does almost sound like Leica said with a Japanese accent. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
