So, yesterday I learned that Pentax now has some ambassadors that are sponsored in Europe. One of them joined my group on facebook. I asked him to bark up the pipeline for more ambassadors, especially in the United States. He is also claiming that Ricoh is still indeed working on a full frame and that he wouldn't have switched to pentax if he didn't think they were serious. He's holding his cards pretty close. We already know that Ricoh had a FF in development. Where the progress of development stands is anyone's guess right now. More than a few have assumed the project is stillborn. Building a whole new system takes time. Years in fact. The Fuji X-Pro wasn't just cooked up over night. I wouldn't expect anything earth shattering at photokina to be honest. Ricoh seems more content just letting new products come out as they are ready and now has a pattern of leaking info and pictures well before release. The K-S1 was in the hands of a lot of reporters before launch. This really isn't the Hoya Pentax we knew. I love how people are bashing the k-s1 (which under the hood is a pretty advanced camera) and yet forget that pentax still makes the k-3. one of the best cameras on the planet. I'm pretty sure good things are coming. If you look at Ricoh they have made some of the most forward looking and different cameras over the years. The GR is a triumph of technology and design with a long heritage. The GRX was pretty unique and novel and the M mount module was kind of genius as Boris can attest to. Really if ricoh just made a universal mount mirrorless camera it would be pretty cool IMO. They could make something like the A7 really shine.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you can offer that capability to clients with your files that makes > you more competitive. This is why most pros have moved on to FF. The > K-5 was a great camera, but still not as good in terms of resolving > power as say a 5dmk2. I think the K-5 IIs is actually pretty damned > close and the K-3 possibly better with the right lens. For a lot of > what I want from photography a 645Z would make perfect sense. Except > the cost that is. :) In theory a camera like that should be able to > pay for itself fairly quickly though. -- 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.
