Benjamin's not so big a name that Ricoh should care if he's back or not,
I bet most of us wouldn't even know who he is if he hadn't been a paid
promoter of Pentax, then again there's the K-01, and the out house
designer responsible, so maybe they do care, but who else does really?
On 2/13/2015 5:47 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Interesting how nobody replied to this, which I wrote on Jan. 20th,
regarding Benjamin Kanarek's sudden reappearance on dpreview Pentax
Forum and PentaxForums.com.
"Makes me wonder if he might not be evaluating an early edition of the
Pentax FF (Ricoh trying to win one of their most influential
professionals back into the fold). Naturally, with an NDA, he would
not be free to speak about that but it might be in his (and Ricoh's)
best interests if he became involved in the Pentax community again.
</speculation>?
Less than three weeks later Pentax confirms development of the full frame.
I suspect that features are nailed down more than one might think and
that the "artist's rendition" in the other thread is a working
prototype (albeit with a 3d printed body) that is already in the hands
of some pros who have signed NDAs like Kanarek.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
... just about! This goes way beyond your usual review and (if you
aren't the kind to want to read the manual that came with your K-3)
this guy highlights a lot of the K-3s capabilities (many of which you
may not have realized even existed). 37 minutes, but definitely worth
watching if you own a K-3 or if you want a very lucid description of
its capabilities to push you "over the edge".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88R8jfhfPe0
Interestingly, the link to this video was shared on the Pentax SLR
forum on dpreview.com by Benjamin Kanarek. You may remember him as the
former Pentax shooter who very publicly left Pentax for a Nikon D800
for his professional work.
His YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/benjaminkanarek/videos
At the time he said that he would still use Pentax for travel and
leisure purposes. I find it interesting that he posted the K-3 video
because it is his first Pentax post there for a very long time. And I
wondered what precipitated that.
Makes me wonder if he might not be evaluating an early edition of the
Pentax FF (Ricoh trying to win one of their most influential
professionals back into the fold). Naturally, with an NDA, he would
not be free to speak about that but it might be in his (and Ricoh's)
best interests if he became involved in the Pentax community again.
</speculation>
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